Pensions Act 2004

Part 2Staff of the Board

The staff

11(1)The staff of the Board consists of—

(a)the Chief Executive of the Board appointed under paragraph 12,

(b)the other employees of the Board appointed under paragraph 13, and

(c)any additional staff made available by the Secretary of State under paragraph 14.

(2)No member of the Regulator, or of the Determinations Panel established by the Regulator under section 9, is eligible for appointment as a member of the staff of the Board.

The Chief Executive

12(1)The Board is to employ a person as its Chief Executive.

(2)The Chief Executive’s main function is to be responsible for securing that the functions of the Board are exercised efficiently and effectively.

(3)The first appointment of a Chief Executive—

(a)is to be made by the Secretary of State, and

(b)is to be on such terms and conditions as to remuneration and other matters as are determined by the Secretary of State.

(4)Subsequent appointments of a Chief Executive are to be made by the Board with the approval of the Secretary of State.

(5)Appointments under sub-paragraph (4) are to be—

(a)on such terms and conditions as to remuneration as may be determined by the Board with the approval of the Secretary of State, and

(b)on such other terms and conditions as may be determined by the Secretary of State.

(6)By virtue of subsection (2) of section 112 (non-executive functions), the function conferred on the Board by sub-paragraph (5)(a) is exercisable on its behalf by the committee established under that section.

Other employees

13(1)Other employees of the Board may be appointed by the Board with the approval of the Secretary of State as to numbers.

(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (3), an appointment under sub-paragraph (1) is to be on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Chief Executive.

(3)The terms and conditions relating to remuneration are—

(a)in the case of an appointment of an employee who is also to be an executive member of the Board, to be determined by the Board with the approval of the Secretary of State,

(b)in the case of an appointment of an employee of a prescribed description, to be determined by the Board.

(4)By virtue of subsection (2) of section 112 (non-executive functions), the functions conferred on the Board by sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b) are exercisable on its behalf by the committee established under that section.

Additional staff etc

14(1)The Secretary of State may make available to the Board such additional staff and such other facilities as he considers appropriate.

(2)The availability of such staff and facilities may be on such terms as to payment by the Board as the Secretary of State may determine.