Part 2: Staff
65.Part 2 of schedule 1 deals with South of Scotland Enterprise’s staff.
66.Paragraph 7 requires South of Scotland Enterprise to have at least one member of staff: a chief executive. The chief executive is one of the people who constitutes South of Scotland Enterprise (see section 2).
67.Paragraph 7 of schedule 1 provides for the first chief executive to be appointed by the Scottish Ministers. Thereafter, chief executives are to be appointed by South of Scotland Enterprise itself (subject to obtaining the Scottish Ministers’ approval for the appointment). The first chief executive’s terms and conditions of appointment are to be set by the Scottish Ministers. The terms and conditions of subsequent chief executives are to be set by South of Scotland Enterprise, subject to obtaining the Scottish Ministers’ approval (see paragraph 9 of schedule 1).
68.Paragraph 8 of schedule 1 allows South of Scotland Enterprise to appoint other staff (i.e. staff other than the chief executive). South of Scotland Enterprise are to set the terms and conditions of employment for those staff, subject to obtaining the Scottish Ministers’ approval (see paragraph 9 of schedule 1).