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Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 1 heading substituted (1.7.2013) by The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 31
(1)The [F2Commissioner] mayF3... appoint staff on such terms and conditions as [F4the Commissioner] determines.
(2)The [F5Commissioner] may make arrangements for the payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities to, or in respect of, any person who has ceased to be a member of [F6the Commissioner’s] staff.
(3)Those arrangements may include—
(a)the making of contributions or payments towards provision for such pensions, allowances or gratuities, and
(b)the establishment and administration of one or more pension schemes.
(4)References in subsections (2) and (3) to pensions, allowances or gratuities include, respectively, references to pensions, allowances or gratuities by way of compensation for loss of employment.
(5)The exercise of a power in this section is subject to the approval of the Parliamentary corporation.
Textual Amendments
F2Word in s. 17(1) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 19(a)(i)
F3Words in s. 17(1) omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 19(a)(ii)
F4Words in s. 17(1) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 19(a)(iii)
F5Word in s. 17(2) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 19(b)(i)
F6Words in s. 17(2) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 19(b)(ii)