(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may appoint -
(a) such and so many of the members of the staff of the Commission, and
(b) such and so many other persons,
as he or she considers appropriate to be an adjudication officer or adjudication officers for the purposes of this Act.
(1A) A person shall not be eligible for appointment under subsection (1) to be an adjudication officer where one or more of subparagraphs (i) to (iv) of subsection (6)(d) apply to the person.
(2) Subject to subsection (4) a person shall not be appointed under subsection (1)(b) to be an adjudication officer unless that person has been selected for the purpose of his or her being the subject of such an appointment following a competition conducted for that purpose.
(a) Any person who, immediately before the commencement of this Part, was a rights commissioner appointed under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1969 shall, upon and from such commencement, stand appointed to be an adjudication offi
…