Civil Service (Transferred Officers) Compensation Act, 1929

The Chairman of the Board.

4.—(1) Every person appointed to be the Chairman shall at the date of his appointment be a Judge of the Supreme Court, the High Court or the Circuit Court and may, with his own consent and the consent of the Chief Justice of the Irish Free State, be so appointed on the terms that he may retain office as such judge notwithstanding his appointment as the Chairman.

(2) Every person appointed to be the Chairman shall hold office as such Chairman until he either dies, resigns, or ceases to be a Judge of the Supreme Court, the High Court or the Circuit Court (as the case may be).

(3) Whenever the Chairman is temporarily incapable through illness of performing his duties as Chairman, the Governor-General on the advice of the Executive Council may appoint and at any time remove any person who is qualified to be appointed as the Chairman to be deputy-chairman during such incapacity of the Chairman, and every such deputy-chairman shall while his appointment continues have all the powers and duties of the Chairman and for that purpose all references in this Act (other than in this section) to the Chairman shall be construed as including such deputy-chairman.