Paragraph 2
The chair is to be appointed by the Commissioners.
The first person taking office as chair after the new constitution date is, unless that person resigns as chair or ceases to be a Commissioner, to continue in office as chair until that person’s initial term of office as a Commissioner has expired.
There must be a vice-chair of the Commissioners who is to be appointed by the Commissioners from among the appointed Commissioners.
The first person taking office as vice-chair after the new constitution date must be appointed as soon as practicable after the new constitution date and is, unless that person resigns as vice-chair or ceases to be a Commissioner, to continue in office as vice-chair until his term of office as a Commissioners has expired.
If the appointed Commissioners are satisfied that the chair or vice-chair should cease to hold office as such, they may terminate his or her office as such and appoint another Commissioner to be chair or vice-chair during the remainder of the term for which the former chair or vice-chair was appointed.
On a casual vacancy occurring in the office of chair or vice-chair of the Commissioners, the vacancy must be filled by the Commissioners at a meeting held as soon as practicable after the vacancy occurs.
A Commissioner appointed under sub-paragraph (8) to fill a casual vacancy in the office of chair or vice-chair is, unless he or she resigns that office or ceases to be a Commissioner, to hold that office during the remainder of the term for which the chair or vice-chair being replaced was appointed.
In the absence of the chair the person for the time being holding office as vice- chair is to have and may exercise all the powers of the chair.
If at a meeting of the Commissioners neither the chair nor the vice-chair is present the Commissioners present must choose one of their number to be chair of the meeting.