Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956

Notional possession of certificate of qualification in case of certain appointments.

27.—(1) Where—

(a) a person is appointed to an established position, and

(b) the appointment is one to which subsection (3) of section 13 applies,

he shall be deemed from the date of such appointment to possess a certificate of qualification in respect of that position, and the Minister of State by whom the appointment is made shall publish in the Iris Oifigiúil a notice of the appointment which shall state that the appointee is a person to whose appointment subsection (3) of section 13 applies.

(2) Where—

(a) a person is appointed under section 7 or 15 of the Regulation Act to an established position, and

(b) he does not possess a certificate of qualification in respect of that position,

he shall be deemed as from the date of such appointment to possess a certificate of qualification in respect of that position.

(3) Where a person is appointed under subsection (1) of section 67 of the Income Tax Act, 1918, to be a commissioner for the special purposes of the Income Tax Acts, such appointment shall be to an unestablished position, unless the Minister directs that such appointment shall be to an established position, in which case that person shall be deemed, as from the date of his appointment in pursuance of such direction, to possess a certificate of qualification in respect of his position as such commissioner.