(1) A person appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission to act as a Master shall, unless that person earlier resigns from the office or is removed from the office by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission continue to act in that office for the period, if any, for which that person was appointed or until a person has been appointed to and assumed or has resumed the functions of that office, as the case may be.
(2) Sections 9 and 11 shall not apply to a person appointed to act as a Master in respect of that person's acting appointment.