24 (3) The Board shall take all necessary steps to comply with any direction given to it in terms of subsection (1). (4) When any direction has been given to the Board in terms of subsection (1), the Board shall ensure that the direction and any views the Board has expressed on it in terms of subsection (2) are set out in the Authority’s annual report. 26 Minister may direct Board to reverse, suspend or rescind its decisions or actions (1) Subject to subsection (2), where the Minister, after consultation with the President, is of the view on reasonable grounds that any decision or action of the Board is not in the national or public interest or the interests of consumers or licensees as a whole, the Minister may direct the Board in writing to reverse, suspend or rescind such decision or to reverse, suspend or rescind such action. (2) Before making any direction in terms of subsection (1), the Minister shall inform the Board in writing of his intention to do so, setting out the purport of the proposed direction and his grounds for making it, and the Board may, within fourteen days of being so informed, make written representations to the Minister on the matter. (3) The Board shall, with due expedition or within a period that the Minister may direct in writing, comply with any direction given to it in terms of subsection (1). 27 Execution of contracts and instruments by Authority Any agreement, contract or instrument approved by the Board may be entered into or executed on behalf of the Authority by any persons generally or specially authorised by the Board for that purpose. 28 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 shall, within six months of the end of the Authority’s financial year, lay before Parliament a report submitted to him by the Authority in terms of subsection (1), together with the statement of accounts and auditor’s report for the preceding financial year of the Authority referred to in sections twenty-two and twenty-three. 29 Director-General and other employees of Authority (1) For the better exercise of the functions of the Authority the Board shall, in consultation with the Minister, appoint a person to be the Director-General 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 Director-General if he would be required in terms of paragraph (b) or (c) of section nine to vacate his office had that section and paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of section eight, and subsection (2) of that section, applied to him.