SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1The Office for Students

Staffing of the OfS

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1

The OfS may—

a

appoint employees, and

b

make such other arrangements for the staffing of the OfS as it considers appropriate.

2

The terms and conditions of appointment as employees are to be determined by the OfS with the approval of the Secretary of State.

3

The OfS must pay its employees such remuneration as the OfS may determine with the approval of the Secretary of State.

4

The OfS must pay, or make provision for paying, to or in respect of a person who is an employee of the OfS, such sums as the OfS may determine with the approval of the Secretary of State in respect of allowances or expenses.

5

The OfS may pay, or make provision for paying—

a

to or in respect of a person who is or has been an employee of the OfS, such sums as the OfS may determine with the approval of the Secretary of State in respect of pensions or gratuities, and

b

to or in respect of a person who has been an employee of the OfS, such sums as the OfS may determine with the approval of the Secretary of State in respect of allowances or expenses.

6

In the Superannuation Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”), in Schedule 1 (kinds of employment to which a scheme under section 1 of the 1972 Act can apply), in the list of “Other Bodies”, at the appropriate place insert— “ Office for Students. ”

7

The OfS must pay to the Minister for the Civil Service, at such times as the Minister may direct, such sums as the Minister may determine in respect of any increase attributable to sub-paragraph (6) in the sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under the 1972 Act.