Valid from 01/10/2009
(1)The President of the Supreme Court may appoint officers and staff of the Court.
(2)It is for the chief executive of the Supreme Court to determine these matters with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor—
(a)the number of officers and staff of the Court;
(b)subject to subsection (3), the terms on which officers and staff are to be appointed.
(3)The civil service pension arrangements for the time being in force apply (with any necessary adaptations) to the chief executive of the Court, and to persons appointed under subsection (1), as they apply to other persons employed in the civil service of the State.
(4)In subsection (3) “the civil service pension arrangements” means—
(a)the principal civil service pension scheme (within the meaning of section 2 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), and
(b)any other superannuation benefits for which provision is made under or by virtue of section 1 of that Act for or in respect of persons in employment in the civil service of the State.