or by Section 40 need not be countersigned. Section 45/A The President of the Authority may participate and address the session of the Parliamentary Committees. 28. Deputy of the President of the Authority Section 46 (1) The President of the Authority shall be assisted in his or her work by a Deputy appointed by himself or herself for an indefinite period of time. The President shall exercise the employer’s rights over the Vice President of the Authority. The Vice President shall meet the requirements necessary for the appointment of the President of the Authority as laid down in Section 40 (1) and (2) with the exception that Vice President shall have at least five years of professional experience in supervising proceedings related to data protection or freedom of information. (3) In regard to conflicts of interest regarding the Vice President the provisions laid down in Section 41 shall apply as appropriate. (4) The Vice President shall exercise the powers and perform the tasks of the President if the President is prevented from acting or the office of President is vacant. Section 47 The provisions of Section 42 shall apply, as appropriate, to the obligation of the Vice President to make a declaration of assets and to the proceedings related to his or her declaration of assets with the proviso that in the course of the declaration of assets proceedings, the President of the Authority shall proceed instead of the Prime Minister, and the President of the Republic does not need to be informed of the outcome of the check. Section 48 (1) The Vice President shall be entitled to a salary and allowances identical to those of a state secretary. (2) The Vice President shall be entitled to forty working days of leave per calendar year. (3) From the point of view of entitlement to social security provisions, the Vice President shall be considered an insured person employed in a public service legal relationship. (4) The time period of the mandate of the Vice President shall be considered as time served in a public service legal relationship with an organ of public administration. 49. § (1) The mandate of the Vice President of the Authority shall terminate a) upon his or her resignation; b) upon his or her death; c) upon establishment of the absence of conditions necessary for his or her appointment; d) upon establishment of a conflict of interest; e) upon his or her dismissal; or f) upon removal from office. (2) The Vice President of the Authority may at any time resign from his or her mandate in a written declaration addressed to the President of the Authority. The mandate of the Vice President of the Authority shall terminate on the date indicated in the resignation, which date shall be posterior to the communication of the resignation or, in the absence thereof, on the day of communication of the