Staff
3(1)The Chief Inspector may employ staff, but subject to the approval of the Secretary of State as to—
(a)numbers,
(b)salary, and
(c)other terms of employment.
(2)The Chief Inspector may make arrangements for securing the provision to him of such assistance by persons employed in—
(a)the civil service of the United Kingdom, or
(b)the civil service of Northern Ireland,
as he considers appropriate for or in connection with the exercise of his functions.
(3)Employment as a member of staff of the Chief Inspector is among the kinds of employment to which a superannuation scheme under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 can apply; and, accordingly, in Schedule 1 to that Act (employments etc. to which section 1 can apply), at the appropriate place in the list of “Other Bodies” insert—
“Employment by the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland.”
(4)The Chief Inspector must pay to the Minister for the Civil Service, at such times as he may direct, such sums as he may determine in respect of any increase attributable to sub-paragraph (3) in the sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under the Superannuation Act 1972.