Authorization to continue
51 If a commissioner resigns or their term expires, the Lead Commissioner may, on any conditions he or she specifies, authorize the former commissioner to continue to exercise powers and perform duties and functions as a commissioner in a matter to which they were assigned immediately before resigning or the expiry of their term until a final decision or recommendation in the matter is made, and the former commissioner is considered to be a commissioner for the purposes of this Act.
Source
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