Land Act, 1950

Cesser of office of existing Lay Commissioners.

16.—(1) Subsection (2) of this section applies to a person who immediately before the passing of this Act—

(a) held office as a Lay Commissioner, and

(b) was less than seventy-one years of age,

whether he was or was not then a member of the Appeal Tribunal.

(2) Where—

(a) a person to whom this sub-section applies attains the age of seventy-two years, and

(b) he holds office as a Lay Commissioner on the day on which he attains that age,

he shall cease to hold that office at the end of that day.

(3) Subsection (4) of this section applies to a person who immediately before the passing of this Act—

(a) held office as a Lay Commissioner (whether he was or was not formerly a member of the Appeal Tribunal), and

(b) was not less than seventy-one years of age.

(4) Where a person to whom this sub-section applies holds office as a Lay Commissioner on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act is passed, he shall cease to hold that office at the end of that day.

(5) The Minister for Finance may pay, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, to a person who ceases under sub-section (4) of this section to hold office, such compensation in respect of cesser of office as the Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister, considers reasonable.

(6) This section shall have effect notwithstanding any other enactment.