Income Tax Act, 1967.

Collector-General.

162.—(1) There shall be a Collector-General, who shall be appointed by the Revenue Commissioners from their officers and shall hold such office at their will and pleasure.

(2) The Collector-General shall collect and levy the tax from time to time charged in all assessments to income tax and sur-tax of which particulars have been transmitted to him under section 187.

(3) (a) The Revenue Commissioners may nominate persons to exercise on behalf of the Collector-General and at his direction the powers contained in sections 480 and 481.

(b) Those powers, as well as being exercisable by the Collector-General, shall also be exercisable on his behalf and at his direction by persons nominated under this subsection.

(c) A person shall not be nominated under this subsection unless he is an officer or employee of the Revenue Commissioners.

(4) If and so long as the office of Collector-General is vacant or the holder of that office is unable through illness, absence or other cause to fulfil his duties, a person nominated in that behalf by the Revenue Commissioners from their officers shall act as the Collector-General, and any reference in this or any other Act to the Collector-General shall be construed as including, where appropriate, a reference to a person nominated under this subsection.

(5) The Revenue Commissioners may revoke a nomination under this section.