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Appointment and term of office of Commissioners.
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14.—(1) Each Commissioner shall be appointed—
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(a) by the Minister, and
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(b) on such terms and conditions, including remuneration, as the Minister may fix, with the consent of the Minister for Finance.
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(2) A person shall not be appointed as a Commissioner unless the Civil Service and Local Appointments Commissioners, after holding a competition on behalf of the Commission, have selected him or her for appointment as a Commissioner.
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(3) A Commissioner appointed in accordance with subsection (2) shall be appointed on a full-time basis for a period of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years.
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(4) Where there is more than one Commissioner, the Minister shall appoint one of them to be chairperson of the Commission on such terms and conditions of appointment, including remuneration, as the Minister may fix, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, to hold office in a full-time capacity for a period of not less than 3 and not more than 5 years.
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(5) The chairperson shall have a casting vote in the case of decisions to be taken by the Commission in the event of a tied vote.
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(6) A Commissioner, including the chairperson, whose term of office expires by effluxion of time shall be eligible for re-appointment to serve a second term, subject to a limit of serving no more than 10 years on the Commission.
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(7) A Commissioner shall not serve more than 2 terms of office as a Commissioner.
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(8) In circumstances where the chairperson is unavailable to perform his or her duties, the Minister shall appoint an acting chairperson to assume the duties of chairperson of the Commission for a stated period not exceeding 6 months. The acting chairperson shall be an existing Commissioner.
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(9) The Commission may act where a vacancy arises in its membership.
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