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INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 18

Provisions as to holders of offices.

18.(1) Every person who is appointed by the Crown in right of Her Majesty's
Government in Northern Ireland to any office by or under the authority of an
enactment, passed or made after the commencement of this Act, shall hold that
office during pleasure only, unless the contrary is expressed in the enactment
or in his commission or appointment.

(2) Words in an enactment passed or made after the commencement of this Act
which authorise the appointment of a person to any office and declare that
this sub-section shall apply to that appointment shall be deemed also to
confer on the authority in whom the power of appointment is vested

(a)power, at the discretion of the authority, to remove or suspend him; and

(b)power, exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like consent and
conditions, if any, applicable on his appointment

(i) to reappoint or reinstate him;

(ii)to appoint another person in his stead or to act in his stead and to
provide for the remuneration of the person so appointed;

<(iii)to fix or vary his remuneration, to withhold his remuneration in whole or in part during any period of suspension from office, and to terminate his remuneration on his removal from office.


(3) In an enactment a reference, without qualification, to the holder of any
office shall include a reference to any person for the time being holding that
office and, in particular

(a)words in an enactment directing or empowering the holder of an office to do
any act or thing, or otherwise applying to him by the name of his office,
shall apply to his successors in office and to his or their deputy;

(b)where an enactment confers a power or imposes a duty on the holder of an
office, as such, the power may be exercised and the duty shall be performed by
the person for the time being charged with the execution of the powers and
duties of the office.

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