Environment Protection Act (Cap. 549), article 15

15. (1) The Prime Minister may, upon request by the Authority, from time to time, direct that any public officer shall be detailed for duty with the Authority in such capacity and under such conditions and with effect from such date as he may prescribe. (2) The period during which a direction as aforesaid shall apply to any officer specified therein shall, unless the officer retires from the public service or otherwise ceases to hold office at an earlier date, or unless a different period is specified in such direction, end on the happening of any of the following events: (a) the acceptance by such officer of an offer of transfer to the service of, and permanent employment with, the Authority made in accordance with the provisions of article 17; or (b) the revocation of such direction by the Prime Minister or Minister: Provided that in relation to a public officer detailed for duty with the Authority with effect from such date as the Prime Minister may in a direction as aforesaid establish, the detailing of such public officer shall cease to have effect after one year from the effective date of such direction, unless the direction is revoked earlier by the Prime Minister. (3) Where a direction as aforesaid is revoked by the Prime Minister or Minister in relation to any officer, the Prime Minister may, by further direction, detail such officer for duty with the Authority in such capacity and with effect from such date as may be specified in the Prime Minister’s direction, and the provisions of sub-article (2) shall thereupon apply to the duration of such detailing by any such further direction in relation to such officer. Status of public officers detailed for duty with the Authority.