4F. (1) The chairperson shall carry on and manage, and control generally, the administration and business of the Commission and such other functions as are assigned to him or her by or under this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the chairperson shall perform the following functions in relation to the Commission:

(a) ensure the integrity of the Commission’s accounting and financial reporting systems;

(b) ensure that appropriate systems of control are in place, in particular systems for—

(i) risk management,

(ii) financial and operational control, and

(iii) legal compliance;

(c) ensure that the obligations of the Commission under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 are complied with;

(d) ensure that the obligations of the Commission under data protection law are complied with;

(e) ensure that the functions of the Commission are performed efficiently;

(f) determine the priority as between appeals, having regard to the interests of justice and the efficient operation of this Act and Part 40A of the Act of 1997.

(3) The chairperson shall establish and maintain efficient and effective systems and procedures so as to secure the processing, adjudication and determination of appeals in a timely and effective manner.

(4) The chairperson may issue guidelines on the operation of the provisions of this Act or Part 40A of the Act of 1997 or any particular provision of this Act or Part 40A of the Act of 1997.

(5) The chairperson may consult with the other Commissioners in relation to the administration and business of the Commission.

(6) The chairperson shall convene a meeting with the other Commissioners at least once in each year to conduct a review of the performance by the Commissioners of their functions under this Act and Part 40A of the Act of 1997 in the period between the date of the meeting and the date on which the previous meeting was convened under this subsection or, in the case of the first meeting to be convened under this subsection, the period between the date of the meeting and the date on which section 5 of the Finance (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Act 2019 came into operation.

(7) The chairperson shall be the accounting officer in relation to the appropriation accounts of the Commission for the purposes of the Comptroller and Auditor General Acts 1866 to 1998.

(8) The chairperson shall be accountable to the Minister for the efficient and effective management of the Commission and for the due performance of his or her functions.

(9) Any function assigned by this Act to the chairperson, other than a function specified in any of subsections (4) to (8) or section 4G, may be performed by any one or more of the Commission’s staff acting under the chairperson’s authority.

(10) In this section, “data protection law” means—

(a) the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018,

(b) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 20161 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC and all law of the State giving further effect to that Regulation, and

(c) all law of the State giving effect or further effect to Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 20162 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA.]