Section 7

The Minister shall appoint a public officer who shall have the qualification and experience in DNA science as Deputy Head of DNA Databank as may be necessary for the purposes of this

Act who shall be subject to the control and direction of the Head of DNA Databank and may exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Head of DNA Databank under this Act.

The Minister shall appoint such numbers of DNA Databank officers as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act from amongst public officers who shall be subject to the control, direction and supervision of the Head of DNA Databank.

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The Head of DNA Databank may in writing, subject to such conditions, limitations or restrictions as he thinks fit to impose, delegate all or any of his powers or functions under this Act to the Deputy Head of DNA Databank or to DNA Databank officers.

A delegation under subsection (4) may be revoked at any time by the Head of DNA Databank and does not prevent the

Head of DNA Databank from exercising the powers or performing the functions so delegated under that subsection.

Functions and powers of the Head of DNA Databank