(1) A person who is a member of the staff of the Director shall be a member of the staff of the Mental Health Commission and the provisions of Part 3 of the Act of 2001 shall apply to such staff.

(2) The Director may delegate any of his or her functions to a specified member of the staff of the Mental Health Commission assigned for the time being to the Director (other than the power to delegate under this subsection and the functions specified in section 103), and, accordingly, references in this Act to the Director shall be construed, where appropriate having regard to any delegation made under this subsection, as including, as respects the matters so delegated, references to any person to whom such functions stand delegated.

(3) The Director may revoke a delegation made pursuant to subsection (2).

(4) The Mental Health Commission shall appoint such number of persons to be members of the staff of the Director as may be approved by the Minister after consultation with the Minister for Health and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.