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15Q. Regulations for appointment and independence of adjudication officers

(1) The relevant Minister shall make regulations -

(a) prescribing requirements upon the competent authority and adjudication officers to implement sections 15O and 15P, and

(b) providing that adjudication officers shall not be involved in investigations of suspected infringements of relevant competition law, and shall not act as authorised officers under -

(i) section 15G,

(ii) section 35 (insofar as it relates to investigations of suspected infringements of relevant competition law) of the Act of 2014, or

(iii) the Act of 2002.

(2) In a manner ensuring the independence of adjudication officers in the performance of their functions, the regulations referred to in subsection (1) shall -

(a) identify categories of, and criteria for, persons eligible for nomination by the competent authority for appointment by the relevant Minister as adjudication officers (including a Chief Adjudication Officer) and criteria for renewal of appointment of adjudication officers by the Minister, which per

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