28 commissioner within six months of the office of commissioner becoming vacant. Interim commissioner Where the office of the commissioner is or is «6D 10 ee expected to become vacant and the Minister or the Evaluation Committ and l approva , ndation recomme n, considers that the process of selectio month before employment of the commissioner will require more than one he can assume his duties— (a) the Evaluation Committee may, without carrying out the full selection process required by section 7(6), recommend to the Minister an individual who, taking into account his qualifications, it considers to be suitable to act as an interim commissioner taking into account the functions, duties and powers of such position under this Act; and (b) the Minister shall promptly appoint such individual as interim commissioner. The term of office of an interim commissioner shall (2) terminate upon the commencement of duties bya commissioner appointed under section 7. An interim commissioner shall have the functions, (3) duties and powers of the commissioner set out under this Act and all provisions in this Act which refer to the commissioner including without limitation section 8 shall, with necessary modifications, apply to the interim commissioner. Leadership code Without limiting the application of any other =6) . hip Code provision of any law, Chapter VIII of the Constitution, the Leaders Code Penal the of I XXXVII and X Parts and (Further Provisions) Act 1999 officer, any and ioner commiss the , Minister the to apply (Cap. 26) shall sion in consultant, employee or agent of the Telecommunications Commis of their exercise and duties and s relation to the performance of their function powers under this Act. The commissioner shall make the disclosures to the (2) Leadership Code Commission required in Part I of the Leadership Code (Further Provisions) Act 1999 within three months of his appointment to the Telecommunications Commission and thereafter at intervals not exceeding two years, in respect of himself, his spouse and each of his children, or such other disclosures as may be required from