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Provisions relating to Commission.
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3.—(1) The subsequent provisions of this section shall come into operation on such day as the Minister, after consultation with the Secretary of State, may, for the purpose of enabling the agreement to have full effect, by order appoint.
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(2) The Commission shall be independent in the performance of its functions.
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(3) The Commission shall have the legal capacity of a body corporate.
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(4) (a) The Minister may by order make provision for the purposes of paragraph (b) as respects inviolability, exemptions, facilities and immunities, privileges and rights in relation to the Commission.
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(b) The Commission, its property and a person (being a member of the Commission or a member of the staff of, or a person performing functions assigned to him or her by, the Commission, an agent of the Commission or a member of the person's family who forms part of his or her household) shall have and enjoy inviolability, exemptions, facilities and immunities, privileges and rights in such manner, to such extent and subject to such limitations (including the waiver thereof) as may be provided for in each case in the order under paragraph (a).
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(c) An order made under this section may make different provision for different cases or classes of case.
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(5) The Minister may by order amend or revoke an order under this section (other than subsection (1)).
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(6) The Commission shall stand dissolved upon such day as the Minister may, after consultation with the Secretary of State, by order appoint, and the Minister may include in the order such transitional or consequential provisions as appear to him or her to be expedient.
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(7) An order under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the order has been laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
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