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| (1) The Chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the Council. |
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| (2) The Chairman shall be responsible for the preparation of the agenda for the meetings of the Council and the submission for the consideration of the Council, of policies and measures considered by him to be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the principles and provisions of the Act. |
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| (3)The Council may by resolution, delegate to the Chairman any of the powers conferred on it by this Act (other than the power conferred on it by this subsection) and in the exercise of any such power delegated to him, the Chairman shall be subject to the general direction of the Council. |
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| (4)The Chairman shall notwithstanding that he is the chief executive officer of the Council, be deemed not to be a member of the staff of the Council. |
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