| (2) | If the Minister after consultation with the Board is satisfied that the service referred to in subsection (1) complies with the prescribed requirements, he may recognize the service as a designated service subject to such conditions as he may determine. |
(3)
| (a) | If the Minister after consultation with the Board is of the opinion that circumstances exist at a place which require that there should be a service which complies with the prescribed requirements, the Minister may direct the person (including a department of State) who in the opinion of the Minister is responsible for those circumstances— |
| (i) | to maintain a service which it has established; or |
| (ii) | to establish and maintain a service, in accordance with the prescribed requirements, and such a service may under subsection (2) be recognized as a designated service. |
| (i) | A department of State shall not be directed in terms of paragraph (a) without the concurrence of the Minister responsible for that department of State. |
| (ii) | Any other person shall not be directed in terms of paragraph (a) unless the Board has consulted with the person concerned. |
| (4) | A designated service shall be employed inside the area or areas, whether adjacent or not, demarcated for it by the Minister after consultation with the Board, unless the controlling authority concerned is requested, or is obliged in terms of an agreement contemplated in section 12 to employ the service outside that area or areas, as the case may be. |
[Section 4(4) substituted by section 4 of Act No. 83 of 1990]
| (5) | The Minister may, after consultation with the Board which has consulted with the controlling authority, withdraw a recognition contemplated in subsection (2). |
