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Rh PART IV '''19. Delegations of power'''

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Chief Executive may delegate to any public servant or any other public officer any powers or duties conferred or imposed on him by sections 3 and 9 to 18.

(2) The Chief Executive shall not delegate the power to make regulations under section 21(2).

(3) All delegations to a public servant or other public officer of powers or duties (similar to those referred to in subsection (1)) vested in or exercisable by the Governor which were in force immediately before 1 July 1997 shall on and after that date continue in force and be deemed to have been made by the Chief Executive to the corresponding public servant or public officer, as the case may be, in the HKSAR.

20. Representations by officers

(1) Every officer who has any representations of a public or private nature to make to the Government of HKSAR should address them to the Chief Executive. The Chief Executive shall consider and act upon each representation as public expediency and justice to the individual may require.

(2) The Chief Executive may appoint a review board to advise him on such representations addressed to him relating to appointment, dismissal and discipline of public servants as he thinks fit.

21. Regulations and directions

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Chief Executive may make regulations—
 * (a) for prescribing anything to be prescribed by regulations; and
 * (b) generally for regulating practice and procedure, under this Order.

(2) The Chief Executive may, with the advice of the Executive Council, make regulations referred to in sections 9(1), 10(1) and 18.

(3) The Chief Executive may give written directions regulating matters relating to the conditions of service and terms of appointment for officers as well as conduct and discipline matters, and generally providing for such matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to this Order and for the due administration of the public service.