(1) The Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Commission to be deputy chairperson of the Commission.

(2) During any vacancy in the office of chairperson or while the chairperson is unable to act by reason of sickness, absence or other cause, the deputy chairperson shall perform the functions of the chairperson.

(3) No act or omission of the deputy chairperson acting as the chairperson shall be questioned on the ground that the occasion for so acting had not arisen or had ceased.

[Section 6A inserted by No. 30 of 1995 s.9.]