Section 5
Supervision of officers
of Factories and Machinery Act 1967
(1)
All Deputy Chief Inspectors, Senior Inspectors and Inspectors and all officers appointed under subsection 4 (2) shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the Chief Inspector.
(2)
A Senior Inspector shall have and may exercise all powers vested by this Act in an Inspector and the Chief Inspector and a Deputy Chief Inspector shall have and may exercise all such powers vested in a Senior Inspector or an Inspector.
(3)
The Chief Inspector may in writing delegate any of the functions, powers or duties assigned to him under this Act to any Deputy Chief
Inspector, Senior Inspector or Inspector, subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit.
(4)
A delegation under this section shall not preclude the Chief Inspector himself from performing or exercising at any time any of the functions, powers or duties so delegated.