Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975

Staff

8 (1) The Corporation shall appoint one member (who may be the chairman or a deputy chairman or another member but must not be an official member) to be the chief executive of the Corporation on such terms as are specified in his instrument of appointment; but a person shall not be appointed in pursuance of this sub-paragraph except with the prior approval of the Secretary of State.

(2) The functions of the chief executive shall be such as the Secretary of State and the chairman acting jointly may from time to time determine.

9 The Corporation may appoint, on such terms as it thinks fit, such officers and servants of the Corporation as it thinks fit; and references in the following provisions of this Schedule to employees of the Corporation are references to persons appointed in pursuance of this paragraph.

10 (1) The Corporation may pay such pensions, allowances or gratuities as it thinks fit to or in respect of any of its employees, make such payments as it thinks fit towards the provision of pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of any of its employees or provide and maintain such schemes as it thinks fit (whether contributory or not) for the payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of any of its employees.

(2) If an employee of the Corporation becomes a member and was by reference to his employment by the Corporation a participant in a pension scheme maintained by the Corporation for the benefit of any of its employees, the Corporation may determine that his service as a member shall be treated for the purposes of the scheme as service as an employee of the Corporation whether or not any benefits are to be payable to or in respect of him by virtue of .paragraph 3(1) of this Schedule.

11 It shall be the duty of the Corporation, except so far as it is satisfied that adequate machinery exists for achieving the purpose of this paragraph, to seek consultation with any organisation appearing to the Corporation to be appropriate with a view to the conclusion between the Corporation and that organisation of such agreements as appear to the parties to be desirable with respect to the establishment and maintenance of machinery for—

(a) the settlement by negotiation of terms and conditions of employment of employees of the Corporation, with provision for reference to arbitration in default of such a settlement in such cases as may be determined by or under the agreements ; and

(b) the promotion and encouragement of measures affecting the safety, health and welfare of employees of the Corporation and the discussion of other matters of mutual interest to the Corporation and its employees, including the education and training of its employees and efficiency in the performance of the Corporation's functions.