8(1)The Scottish Ministers may appoint such staff and provide such accommodation for the Tribunal as they may determine.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may pay, or make provision for paying, to, or in respect of, the Tribunal’s staff, such remuneration, expenses, pensions, allowances and gratuities (including by way of compensation for loss of employment) as the Scottish Ministers may determine.
(3)The persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) below shall, in so far as it is reasonably practicable to do so, provide, in response to a request by the President, accommodation for the holding of hearings by the Tribunal.
(4)The persons referred to in sub-paragraph (3) above are—
(a)a Health Board;
(b)the State Hospitals Board for Scotland;
(c)a local authority.