Audit Office Act [Chapter 22:18] (No. 12 of 2009) by or under this Act are delegated wherever practicable to members of the Audit Office to whom such functions may be appropriately delegated. (2) A delegation of a function by the Commission in terms of subsection (1)— (a) may be made unconditionally or subject to conditions; and (b) may be amended or revoked at any time; and (c) shall not preclude the Commission from exercising the function so delegated. (3) A member of the Audit Office to whom the Commission has delegated a function in terms of subsection (1) may, with the consent of the Commission, further delegate the function, either unconditionally or subject to conditions, to any other member of the Audit Office who is under his or her supervision. (4) Where a person has been or is about to be appointed to or promoted within the Audit Office pursuant to a power delegated by the Commission in terms of subsection (1), and the Commission considers that— (a) the person does not have the qualifications or ability necessary to carry out the duties of the position he or she occupies or would occupy, as the case may be; or (b) his or her appointment or promotion has contravened or would contravene, as the case may be, any condition under which the power was delegated; the Commission shall without delay revoke the appointment or promotion or direct that the appointment or promotion shall not be made, as the case may be, and may take such other action in the matter as the Commission thinks necessary: Provided that before taking any action in terms of this subsection, the Commission shall give the person whose appointment or promotion is in issue and the person who appointed or promoted him or her or proposed to appoint him or her, an adequate opportunity to make representations in the matter. PART V ADMINISTRATION OF AUDIT OFFICE 17 Departments and classification of members of Audit Office (1) The Audit Office shall have such departments and sub-departments as the Commission may establish from time to time, each headed by a member of the Audit Office of such a grade and designation as the Commission shall determine. (2) For each department the Commission shall assign such members of the Audit Office as may be necessary to carry out the department’s functions. (3) Members of the Audit Office shall be classified in such a manner as may be prescribed or as the Commission shall determine. 18 Department of Administration (1) In addition to the departments referred to in section 17, there shall be a department of the Audit Office known as the Department of Administration which shall be responsible for— (a) managing the administrative, human resources and financial affairs of the Audit Office and implementing the decisions of the Commission in connection therewith; and (b) providing technical advice and support to the Commission; and (c) formulating administrative rules, guidelines and procedures to facilitate the achievement of the mission of the Audit Office; and (d) exercising any other functions that may be imposed or conferred upon it under this Act or any other enactment. (2) The Department of Administration shall (subject to the general control of the Commission and to any specific directions given to him or her by the Commission) be controlled and supervised by a member of the Audit Office of such a grade and designation as the Commission may determine from time to time and staffed by such persons as the - 11 -