Communications Regulation Act, 2002
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Appointment and term of office of Commissioners. |
15.—(1) Each Commissioner shall be appointed— | |
(a) by the Minister, and | ||
(b) on such terms and conditions, including remuneration, as the Minister may fix, with the consent of the Minister for Finance. | ||
(2) Subject to subsection (5), 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. | ||
(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. | ||
(4) Subject to subsection (5)(c), a Commissioner shall not serve more than 2 terms of office as a Commissioner. | ||
(5) (a) Notwithstanding this section, the person who, immediately before the establishment day, was the Director, shall be deemed to be appointed as a Commissioner upon that day and shall, subject to paragraph (b), stand appointed on the same terms and conditions on which she was previously retained. | ||
(b) Section 19 (5) applies to the Commissioner deemed appointed under paragraph (a) instead of paragraph 8 of the First Schedule to the Act of 1996. | ||
(c) The Commissioner deemed appointed under paragraph (a) shall, where her term of office, in accordance with that paragraph, expires by effluxion of time, be deemed to have served 2 terms as a Commissioner and, accordingly, she shall not be eligible for re-appointment as a Commissioner. |