77Duration and termination of appointment

77 Duration and termination of appointment

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), if a person is appointed as an Inquiry Officer or an inquiry assistant, the appointment continues until the end of 2 months after the inquiry is taken to be completed. (2) If an Inquiry Officer has been directed, under regulation 76, to make a further report: (a) the appointment of the person to be an Inquiry Officer is taken to continue in existence until the end of 2 months after the re‑opened inquiry is taken to be completed; and (b) the appointment of a person to be an inquiry assistant to the Inquiry Officer is taken to continue in existence until the end of 2 months after the re‑opened inquiry is taken to be completed.

78 Application of provisions to Inquiry Officers and inquiry assistants