(1) A competent authority, as a national administrative competition authority, shall nominate, for appointment by the relevant Minister under this section, persons (referred to in this Act as 'adjudication officers') to make decisions on behalf of the competent authority under section 15X and otherwise to exercise functions under this Act.

(2) The relevant Minister may make regulations providing -

(a) for the creation of a panel of adjudication officers to exercise the functions of adjudication officers in relation to relevant competition law in respect of the Commission, the Commission for Communications Regulation, or both,

(b) for the requirements and qualifications necessary for appointment under subsection (1), and

(c) for the relevant Minister to appoint -