Powers of the Controlling Authority

Powers of the Controlling Authority

1. (1) The Controlling Authority shall have the right to address the Board with reference to any work conducted or done by the Board and communicate to the Board its views on any matter with which the Board is concerned.
2. (2) The Board shall report to the Controlling Authority such action, if any, as it proposes to take or has taken upon its communication.
3. (3) If the Board does not, within a reasonable time, take action to the satisfaction of the Controlling Authority, it may after considering any explanation furnished or representation made by the Board, issue such directions consistent with this Act, as may think fit and the Board shall comply with such directions.
4. (4) In any emergency which, in the opinion of the Controlling Authority, requires that immediate action should be taken, the Controlling Authority may take such action, consistent with the Act, as it deems necessary without previous consultation with the Board and shall forthwith inform the Board of the action taken.