If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the Board under subsection (4) of this section, the vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of some person in the same manner as the appointment of the vacating member and, notwithstanding the provisions of that subsection, any person so appointed shall hold office for the residue of the term of the vacating member.”

Where both the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman are for any reason incapacitated from acting, the Minister of Industries and Commerce may appoint a member of the Board as Acting Chairman during the incapacity and during that period the Acting Chairman may exercise and perform all the powers and duties of the Chairman. In any case where an Acting Chairman is appointed in respect of a particular inquiry by the Board, he shall continue to act as chairman of the Board during all meetings of the Board held for the purposes of the inquiry, notwithstanding that the incapacity of the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman may have ceased but, except as provided therein, nothing in this subsection shall limit the powers or functions of the Chairman or Deputy Chairman.”

With the approval of the Minister who has requested the inquiry, given pursuant to a unanimous resolution of the Board, any such delegation to a committee consisting of not less than three members shall include a power to report or make recommendations to any Minister, but otherwise no delegation under this section shall include any such power.”