(1) The President in consultation with the Council of State and the Minister for Justice shall appoint a Commissioner to be known as the statute Law Revision Commissioner to prepare a Revised Edition of-

(a) all Acts in force on 1st January, 1999; and

(b) all subsidiary legislation in force on 1st January,1999.

(2) Where the Commissioner is for any reasonable and just cause unable to perform the functions assigned him under this Act, the President may in accordance with the advice of the Minister for Justice appoint another person qualified to be Commissioner during the period of absence of the Commissioner.