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Cesser of office of existing Lay Commissioners.
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16.—(1) Subsection (2) of this section applies to a person who immediately before the passing of this Act—
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(a) held office as a Lay Commissioner, and
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(b) was less than seventy-one years of age,
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whether he was or was not then a member of the Appeal Tribunal.
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(2) Where—
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(a) a person to whom this sub-section applies attains the age of seventy-two years, and
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(b) he holds office as a Lay Commissioner on the day on which he attains that age,
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he shall cease to hold that office at the end of that day.
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(3) Subsection (4) of this section applies to a person who immediately before the passing of this Act—
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(a) held office as a Lay Commissioner (whether he was or was not formerly a member of the Appeal Tribunal), and
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(b) was not less than seventy-one years of age.
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(4) Where a person to whom this sub-section applies holds office as a Lay Commissioner on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act is passed, he shall cease to hold that office at the end of that day.
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(5) The Minister for Finance may pay, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, to a person who ceases under sub-section (4) of this section to hold office, such compensation in respect of cesser of office as the Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister, considers reasonable.
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(6) This section shall have effect notwithstanding any other enactment.
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