Section 24, Civil Aviation Act, 2017 for an effective aviation safety and security

(1) The Powers conferred on and the functions of the Authority in this Act are vested in the Director-General who may exercise them directly or by delegation. (2) The Director-General may, in writing and subject to this Act, delegate any function of the Director-General to - (a) an officer, an employee or an administrative unit under the Director-General; (b) a Regional Safety or Security Oversight Organisation; (c) an air operator, an aerial work operator, a general aviation operator, a maintenance facility or to any other qualified person; or (d) any properly qualified private person, subject to such regulation, supervision and review as may be prescribed: Provided, however, the Director- General shall ensure that such functions are not delegated in such a way that air operators, aerial work or general aviation operators and maintenance facilities, in effect, regulate themselves. (3) The Director General may delegate his safety and security oversight powers to assigned aviation safety and aviation security inspectors and other staff of the Authority (4) The Director General shall establish the credentials of the safety and security inspectors of the Authority. (5) The Director General is not absolved from the ultimate responsibility for a function delegated under subsection (2) and (3).