Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Assistant Registrars, etc

(1) There shall be appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission a Registrar of Intellectual Property who shall be the Solicitor General. (1A) The Registrar of Intellectual Property shall be subject to the general directions of the Minister and to the provisions of this Act and be responsible for the administration of this Act performing such functions, and exercising such powers, as are conferred on him by this or any other enactment. (2) There shall also be a Deputy Registrar of Intellectual Property and such number of Assistant Registrars as may be considered necessary for the proper administration of this Act or any other enactment. (3) The Minister may give the Registrar written directions of a general character which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, concerning the exercise and performance of powers and functions in relation to any matter which appears to the Minister to concern the development of industrial property and any other matters connected therewith, and the Registrar shall carry out such directions. (4) The Deputy Registrar and Assistant Registrars shall perform such functions, and exercise such powers, as the Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, delegate to them from time to time.