S.L. 595.36 Art. 4Appointment and duties of the Head International Protection Agency and Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer.

(1) There shall be a Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Prime Minister, who shall have the overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of the International

Protection Agency.

(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall report on a regular basis to the Minister on the day-to-day running of the International Protection Agency and related matters.

(3) There shall be such number of Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer of the International Protection Agency (hereinafter referred to as Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer) as the Prime Minister may by notice in the Gazette from time to time determine.

(4) The Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer shall be appointed by the Prime Minister from among public officers and from among persons who in each case, in the opinion of the Prime Minister, have knowledge and experience in matters relating to refugees.

(5) The Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer shall under the general direction of the Chief Executive Officer have such functions and powers as are conferred on the Head by this Act, and are assigned to each of them by the Head, including the function and power to examine applications for refugee status, and any reference in this Act, other than in this article, to the Head shall be deemed to include also reference to a Deputy Head in the exercise of any function assigned to him by the Head.