SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1The Small Business Commissioner
Staff
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The Commissioner may appoint staff.
2
Staff are to be appointed on terms and conditions determined by the Commissioner.
3
The terms and conditions on which a member of staff is appointed may provide for the Commissioner to pay to or in respect of the member of staff—
a
remuneration;
b
allowances;
c
sums by way of or in respect of pensions.
4
Service as a member of the Commissioner's staff appointed under sub-paragraph (1) is not service in the civil service of the state.
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The Commissioner may make arrangements for persons to be seconded to the Commissioner to serve as members of the Commissioner's staff.
2
The arrangements may include provision for payments by the Commissioner to the person with whom the arrangements are made or directly to seconded staff (or both).
3
A period of secondment to the Commissioner does not affect the continuity of a person's employment with the employer from whose service he or she is seconded (and, in particular, nothing in paragraph 11(4) affects such a person's continuity of service in the civil service of the state).
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Before appointing staff under paragraph 11 or making arrangements under paragraph 12(1), the Commissioner must obtain the approval of the Secretary of State as to the Commissioner's policies on—
a
the number of staff to be appointed or seconded;
b
payments to be made to or in respect of staff;
c
the terms and conditions on which staff are to be appointed or seconded.