South Africa Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 16: Chief executive officer: ensure as far as reasonably practicable that the employer's duties are properly discharged, with power to assign duties in writing to persons under their control without shedding responsibility; heads of State departments deemed chief executive officers

What does 16 require?

Every chief executive officer ensures, so far as reasonably practicable, that the duties the Act places on the employer are properly discharged. Without derogating from that responsibility or liability, the chief executive officer may assign any such duty to a person under their control, who acts subject to the chief executive officer's control and directions; the assignment does not relieve the employer of responsibility or liability (subject to section 37), and the head of a State department is deemed its chief executive officer.