Constitutional Court Complementary Act, 1995 (Act No. 13 of 1995)14. Appointment of officers and staff of Court |
| 1) | The Minister shall, subject to the laws governing the public service, on the request of and in consultation with the President of the Court, appoint for the Court a registrar, assistant registrars and other officers and staff whenever they may be required for the administration of justice or the execution of the powers and authorities of the Court. |
| 2) |
| a) | The President of the Court may, in consultation with the Minister, from time to time appoint for the Court one or more persons to undertake such research or perform such other duties as the President of the Court may determine. |
| b) | The remuneration and other terms and conditions of service of a person appointed in terms of paragraph (a) shall be as determined, either generally or in any specific case, by the President of the Court in consultation with the accounting officer referred to in section 15(3). |
| 3) | Whenever by reason of absence or incapacity the registrar or an assistant registrar is unable to carry out the functions of his or her office, or his or her office becomes vacant, the Minister may after consultation with the President of the Court, authorise any other competent officer of the public service to act in the place of the absent or incapacitated officer during such absence or incapacity or to act in the vacant office until the vacancy is filled: Provided that when any such vacancy has remained unfilled for a continuous period exceeding six months the matter shall be reported to the Public Service Commission. |
| 4) | Any officer in the public service appointed under subsection (1) may simultaneously hold more than one of the offices mentioned in that subsection. |
| 5) | The Minister may delegate to an officer in the Department of Justice any of the powers vested in him or her by this section. |