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(a) CEPPO shall be an individual administrator and its personnel shall be governed by the provisions of §§ 1461 et seq. of Title 3, known as the 'Public Service Human Resources Administration Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico'. The Executive Director shall be the appointing authority of CEPPO and may hire and appoint the personnel needed for the operation and functioning thereof, which shall be governed by the rules and regulations promulgated by CEPPO. The Executive Director may delegate to any employee the powers conferred hereunder, except for the power to enter into contracts, as well as the power to make appointments and adopt regulations of CEPPO. In the qualifications and description of the duties of the positions, CEPPO personnel system shall be organized in such a way as to promote the hiring of skilled and trained personnel based on merit through a competition process that enables compliance with the purposes of this chapter.(b) No CEPPO employee, be it a trust or career employee, may have any relation within the fourth degree of consanguinity and the second of affinity with the Executive Director.(c) Any action or omission of the Executive Director and CEPPO

career employee, may have any relation within the fourth degree of consanguinity and the second of affinity with the Executive Director.(c) Any action or omission of the Executive Director and CEPPO personnel in the performance of their duties shall be subject to the restrictions provided in §§ 1854 et seq. of Title 3, known as the 'Government Ethics Act of 2011'. History —May 27, 2014, No. 57, § 3.3.