URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 (b) negotiates or enters into any contract on behalf of the council without disclosing to the council any financial or other interest he may have in the subject-matter of the contract or any personal relationship he may have with the parties to the contract; or (c) steals any money or property of the council; and is discharged in terms of section one hundred and thirty-nine, one hundred and forty or one hundred and forty-one on account of such conduct, such employee shall not afterwards be capable of being employed in any capacity whatsoever by that council or by any other local authority, unless the Minister, by notice in writing to the council or local authority concerned, permits such employment. 145 Delegation of powers to employees (1) A council or an executive committee, with the approval of the council, may delegate, subject to such conditions as it may impose, to an employee of the council such of the powers vested in it by or under this Act or any other law as it considers to be necessary or desirable and may in like manner amend or withdraw any such delegation: Provided that— (i) the council or executive committee shall not delegate to an employee the powers conferred by any Act, other than this Act, or any statutory instrument made under such other Act upon the council, unless the proposed delegation has been approved by the appropriate Minister responsible for the administration of the Act concerned in its application to the council area and any conditions fixed by the Minister in granting his approval are compiled with; (ii) the council shall not delegate to an employee any powers which it has delegated to the executive committee or to the mayor; (iii) the council or executive committee shall not delegate to an employee any power conferred by model building by-laws, which have been adopted by or on behalf of the council, to grant a relaxation or waiver referred to in subparagraph (2) of paragraph 47 of the Third Schedule, unless the by-laws concerned expressly provides that the power may be delegated to such employee or the Minister has consented to the delegation of the power to the employee; (iv) the power conferred by subsection (2) to review the exercise of any power by an employee shall not itself be delegated to an employee; (v) the amendment or withdrawal of any delegation shall not invalidate anything done in pursuance of a decision lawfully taken by the employee before the date of such amendment or withdrawal. (2) Any person who feels aggrieved by a decision of an employee acting under powers delegated to him in terms of subsection (1) shall have the right to bring the matter in writing to the attention of the appropriate head of department in the first instance and, failing satisfaction, to the council or executive committee, as the case may be, through the town clerk for review. (3) The delegation in terms of subsection (1) of any powers to an employee shall not preclude the council or executive committee, as the case may be, from itself exercising the powers so delegated and the council or executive committee may amend or rescind any decision of an employee in the exercise of the powers so delegated to him. 146 Pension and other benefits on termination of service Subject to such terms and conditions as the Local Government Board, in consultation with the Minister and the Minister responsible for finance may fix, a council may provide pecuniary benefits for its employees on their retirement, resignation, discharge or other termination of service or in the event of their sickness, injury or death, including the payment of the whole or part of any funeral and death-bed expenses, and for their dependants and for that purpose may effect policies of insurance, establish and maintain or contribute towards pension or provident funds or make such other provision as may be necessary to secure for such employees and their dependants any or all of the pecuniary benefits to which this subsection relate. 51