(1) Where the Minister proposes to appoint a rights commissioner under section 13(1) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1969, he shall request the Commission to submit to him a panel of persons and he shall not appoint as a rights commissioner any person other than a person included in such panel.
(2) The term of office of a rights commissioner appointed in pursuance of subsection (1) shall be a period not exceeding three years.
(3) A rights commissioner may be re-appointed for a further term or terms by the Minister.