9(1)The Adjudicator may make arrangements for persons to be seconded to the Adjudicator to serve as members of the Adjudicator’s staff.
(2)The arrangements may include provision for payments by the Adjudicator to the person with whom the arrangements are made, or directly to seconded staff (or both).
(3)A period of secondment to the Adjudicator does not affect the continuity of a person’s employment with the employer from whose service he or she is seconded (and a person employed in the civil service of the State continues to be so employed during any period of secondment to the Adjudicator).
(4)Before making arrangements under sub-paragraph (1), the Adjudicator must obtain the approval of the Secretary of State as to the Adjudicator’s policies on—
(a)the number of staff to be seconded;
(b)payments to be made to or in respect of seconded staff;
(c)the terms and conditions on which staff are to be seconded.