Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

Staff

5(1)The Council may (subject to sub-paragraph (5)) appoint a chief officer and such other employees as they think fit.

(2)The Council shall pay to their employees such remuneration and allowances as the Council may determine.

(3)The employees shall be appointed on such other terms and conditions as the Council may determine.

(4)A determination under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) requires the approval of the Secretary of State.

(5)The Secretary of State shall appoint the first chief officer who shall be employed on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of State may determine.

6(1)The Council, with the consent of the Secretary of State, may—

(a)pay, or make payments in respect of, pensions or gratuities to or in respect of employees or former employees;

(b)provide and maintain such schemes (whether contributory or not) for the payment of pensions and gratuities to or in respect of employees or former employees.

(2)References in this paragraph to pensions and gratuities include references to pensions or gratuities by way of compensation to or in respect of employees who suffer loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments.

(3)If any person—

(a)on ceasing to be employed by the Council, becomes or continues to be one of their members, and

(b)was, by reference to his employment, a participant in a pension scheme maintained by the Council,

the Council may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, make provision for that person to continue to participate in that scheme, on such terms and conditions as they may with the consent of the Secretary of State determine, as if his service as a member were service as an employee; and any such provision shall be without prejudice to paragraph 4.

7(1)Employment with the Council shall be included among the kinds of employment to which a scheme under section 1 of the [1972 c. 11.] Superannuation Act 1972 can apply.

(2)The Council shall pay to the Minister for the Civil Service, at such times as he may direct, such sums as he may determine in respect of the increase attributable to sub-paragraph (1) in the sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under that Act.

(3)Where an employee of the Council is, by reference to that employment, a participant in a scheme under section 1 of that Act and is also a member of the Council, the Secretary of State may determine that his service as a member shall be treated for the purposes of the scheme as service as an employee (whether or not any benefits are payable to or in respect of him by virtue of paragraph 4).