(1)Section 52 of the 1997 Act (appointment of Director General) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)for “NCS Service Authority” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”, and
(b)for “the Authority” there shall be substituted “he”.
(3)After that subsection, there shall be inserted—
“(1A)The NCS Service Authority shall pay to the Director General such remuneration and allowances as the Secretary of State may determine.”
(4)In subsection (2)—
(a)for “a panel of members of the Authority” there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State”, and
(b)for “that panel” there shall be substituted “a panel of members of the NCS Service Authority”.
(5)After subsection (2), there shall be inserted—
“(2A)Where an appointment falls to be made under this section and a list has been approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of subsection (2), the panel mentioned in that subsection may make, to the Secretary of State, such recommendations as it thinks fit.
(2B)Before making an appointment under this section, the Secretary of State shall have regard to any recommendations made to him under subsection (2A).”
(6)In subsection (4)(a), the words “(other than under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1)” shall be omitted.
(7)An order under section 138(2) bringing into force subsections (1) to (6) above may make such transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.