Staffing of UKRI
8(1)UKRI may—
(a)appoint employees, and
(b)make such other arrangements for the staffing of UKRI as it considers appropriate.
(2)The terms and conditions of appointment as employees are to be determined by UKRI with the approval of the Secretary of State.
(3)UKRI must pay its employees such remuneration as UKRI may determine with the approval of the Secretary of State.
(4)UKRI must pay, or make provision for paying, to or in respect of a person who is an employee of UKRI, such sums as UKRI may determine with the approval of the Secretary of State in respect of allowances or expenses.
(5)UKRI may pay, or make provision for paying—
(a)to or in respect of a person who is or has been an employee of UKRI, such sums as UKRI 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 UKRI, such sums as UKRI 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—
“United Kingdom Research and Innovation.”
(7)UKRI 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.