Chief executive officer: statutory appointment with legal representation, administrative control, and responsibility for budgeting and reporting.

The statute creates a centrally appointed Chief Executive Officer as the Authority's legal representative charged with day-to-day administration, implementing decisions and work programmes, preparing proposals, and performing powers specified by regulations; the officeholder must prepare and execute the budget and accounts, submit annual reports and programmes for approval, and has administrative control over the Authority's officers and employees.

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