9 21 Reports of Authority (1) In addition to any report which the Authority is required to submit to the Minister in terms of this Act or the Audit and Exchequer Act [Chapter 22:03], the Authority— (a) shall submit to the Minister such other reports as the Minister may require; and (b) may submit to the Minister such other reports as the Authority considers advisable; in regard to the operations and property of the Authority. (2) The Minister may lay a report submitted to him by the Authority in terms of subsection (1) before Parliament. 22 General manager (1) Subject to this Act, the Board shall appoint a person approved by the Minister to be the general manager of the Authority, on such terms and conditions as the Board, with the approval of the Minister, may fix. (2) The Board shall terminate the appointment of the general manager if he would be required in terms of paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of section eight to vacate his office had the provisions of that section and of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of section seven applied to him. (3) Subject to the general control of the Board, the general manager shall be responsible for— (a) managing the operations and property of the Authority; (b) supervising and controlling the activities of the employees of the Authority in the course of their employment. (4) The Board may assign to the general manager such of the functions of the Board as the Board thinks fit: Provided that the Board shall not assign to the general manager any duty that has been assigned to the chairman of the Board. (5) Any assignment of functions in terms of subsection (4) may be made either generally or specially and subject to such reservations, restrictions and exceptions as the Board may determine, and may be revoked by the Board at any time. PART IV APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT IN EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES 23 Applications for investment licences Any person who wishes— (a) to obtain the approval of the Authority to invest in an export processing zone; (b) his business activity to be approved by the Authority as an activity in an export processing zone area; shall submit an application to the Authority in the prescribed form for an investment licence, and the application shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee, if any, and such documents as the Authority may require. 24 Application for developer’s permit Any person who wishes to obtain the approval of the Authority to develop an area as an export processing zone area in which licensed investors will establish and conduct their operations shall submit an application to the Authority in the prescribed form for a permit, and the application shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee, if any, and such documents as the Authority may require, 25 Consideration for approving applications for investment licences In considering an application for an investment licence the Authority shall have regard to—