Public Order and Security Act [Chapter 11:17] as amended at 11th January, 2008 (3) If a person appointed in terms of subsection (1) is or becomes unable to perform or to continue to perform his or her functions in terms of this Part, the organisation shall forthwith appoint another person in his or her stead, and a person so appointed shall be deemed to have been appointed in terms of subsection (1). (4) The regulating authority or a person authorised thereto by him or her shall authorise one or more suitably qualified and experienced police officers, either in general or in a particular case, to represent the regulating authority at consultations or negotiations contemplated in section 26, and to perform such other functions as are conferred or imposed upon an authorised officer by this Part. (5) If an authorised officer is or becomes unable to perform or to continue to perform his or her functions in terms of this Part, the regulating authority or a person authorised thereto by him or her shall forthwith designate another police officer to act in his or her stead, either in general or in a particular case, and the officer so designated shall be deemed to have been authorised in terms of subsection (4) for the purposes contemplated in that subsection. (6) A regulating authority may delegate all or any of his or her functions under this Part to one or more authorised officers, in which event any reference to a “regulating authority” in this Part is a reference to any one or more such officers. (7) If any consultations, negotiations or proceedings in terms of this Part at which the presence of a convener or an authorised officer is required, are to take place and such convener or officer is not available, such consultations or negotiations or other proceedings may be conducted in the absence of such convener or officer through any proxy appointed by such convener or officer in terms of subsection (3) or (5), as the case may be, and the organisation or regulating authority, as the case may be, shall be bound by the result of such consultations, negotiations or proceedings as if it or they had agreed thereto. (8) For the purpose of helping a regulating authority to ascertain that a meeting is not a “public meeting” as defined in section 2 because it is asserted to be a meeting of any organ or structure of a political party or other organisation, the regulating authority may request the political party or other organisation concerned to submit to it from time to time or at such regular intervals as it may require a list of the members of the organs or structures of the political party or organisation who are entitled to attend the meeting concerned. 24 Appointment of responsible officers in the case of public meetings 9 (1) An organisation intending to hold a public meeting shall appoint— (a) a person to be responsible for the arrangements for that public meeting and to be present thereat, to give notice in terms of section 25 and to act on its behalf at any consultations or negotiations contemplated in section 26, or in connection with any other procedure contemplated in this Act at which his or her presence is required; and (b) a deputy to a person appointed in terms of subparagraph (a). (2) Such organisation shall forthwith notify in writing the regulating authority concerned of the names and addresses of the persons appointed under subsection (1). (3) If a person appointed in terms of subsection (1) is or becomes unable to perform or to continue to perform his or her functions in terms of this Part, the organisation shall forthwith 9 Section as substituted by section 4 of Act 18/2007. -7-