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of Deputy Chief

SCHEDULE 1—continued
Commissioner, the Minister may appoint another Commissioner to act as the Deputy Chief Commissioner during the period of the absence or until the filling of the vacancy.
"(3) If the Deputy Chief Commissioner is at any time acting as the Chief Commissioner, the office of Deputy Chief Commissioner shall, during the period of his or her so acting, be deemed, for the purposes of sub-section (2), to be vacant.
"(4) A reference in sub-section (1) to the Deputy Chief Commissioner includes a reference to a Commissioner acting as the Deputy Chief Commissioner in pursuance of an appointment under sub-section (2).

Meetings of the Commission
"17a. (1) The Chief Commissioner shall convene such meetings of the Commission as he or she considers necessary for the performance of the functions of the Commission.
"(2) The Chief Commissioner shall, when requested by 4 or more Commissioners to do so, convene a meeting of the Commission.
"(3) The Chief Commissioner shall preside at all meetings of the Commission at which he or she is present.
"(4) If, at a meeting of the Commission, the Chief Commissioner is not present but the Deputy Chief Commissioner is present, the Deputy Chief Commissioner shall preside at the meeting.
"(5) If, at a meeting of the Commission, neither the Chief Commissioner nor Deputy Chief Commissioner is present, the Commissioners present shall appoint one of their number to preside at the meeting.
"(6) A quorum at a meeting of the Commission is 4 Commissioners.
"(7) Questions arising at a meeting of the Commission shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the Commissioners present and voting.
"(8) The Commissioner presiding at a meeting of the Commission has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.
"(9) A reference in this section to the Chief Commissioner or the Deputy Chief Commissioner includes a reference to a person acting as the Chief Commissioner or as the Deputy Chief Commissioner, as the case may be.

Duties of the Managing Director
"17b. (1) The affairs of the Commission, to the extent determined by the Commission, shall be managed by the Managing Director.
"(2) The Managing Director shall, in managing any of the affairs of the Commission, act in accordance with the policy of, and any directions given by, the Commission.

Delegation
"17c. (1) The Commission may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing under its common seal, delegate to a person all or any of its powers under this Act, other than this power of delegation.
"(2) A power so delegated, when exercised by the delegate, shall, for the purposes of