Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1968

An Coimisiún Dumpála.

4.—(1) There shall be a commission to be known, and in this Act referred to, as An Coimisiún Dumpála.

(2) The Commission shall consist of a chairman and four ordinary members, of whom the chairman and two ordinary members shall be appointed by the Minister and two ordinary members shall be appointed by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

(3) Whenever the business of a meeting of the Commission is concerned with goods in relation to which powers, functions and duties under this Act are exercised and fulfilled by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, a member of the Commission who was appointed by that Minister and who shall be chosen by the Commission for the purpose shall act as chairman of the meeting, and the chairman shall act as an ordinary member of the Commission.

(4) A member of the Commission may be removed from office by the Minister of State who appointed him.

(5) The first members of the Commission shall be appointed as soon as may be after the passing of this Act.

(6) A casual vacancy occurring among the members of the Commission appointed by the Minister thereto shall be filled by an appointment made by the Minister and a casual vacancy occurring among the members appointed by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries thereto shall be filled by an appointment made by that Minister, and a member so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the period for which his predecessor, if he had continued to be a member, would have held office.

(7) A member of the Commission may resign his office.

(8) The term of office of a member of the Commission shall be fixed at the time of his appointment by the Minister of State who appoints him and shall not exceed five years.

(9) An outgoing member of the Commission shall be eligible for reappointment.

(10) A member of the Commission shall hold office on such terms and conditions as may be fixed at the time of his appointment by the Minister of State who appointed him after consultation with the Minister for Finance.

(11) A member of the Commission shall be paid such remuneration (if any) and allowances (if any) for expenses as the Minister of State who appointed him determines with the consent of the Minister for Finance.

(12) The Civil Service Regulation Acts, 1956 and 1958, shall not apply to the office of member of the Commission.