Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by inserting in subsection ( 2) " subsection ( 3A) and" after "Subject to"; and
(b) by inserting after subsection ( 3) the following subsections:
(3A) The Governor - General may, under subsection ( 2), appoint the person who holds the office of Commissioner for Petroleum Products Pricing as the full - time member of the Authority, and nothing in this Act operates to prohibit such a person carrying out the duties of the office of Commissioner for Petroleum Products Pricing.
(3B) Notwithstanding section 6 as it applies by virtue of subsection ( 3) of this section, the person who holds the office of full - time member of the Authority may be appointed to, and may carry out the duties of, the office of Commissioner for Petroleum Products Pricing.