[F1Staff, etc.N.I.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. substituted (23.5.2008) by Commission for Victims and Survivors Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 6), s. 1(3), Sch. 1
5—(1) The Commission may appoint such employees as it considers necessary, subject to the approval of the Office as to numbers.N.I.
(2) If it appears to the Commission that a person it proposes to appoint as an employee has at any time been convicted of a criminal offence, the Commission may only make the appointment if it has obtained the approval of the First Minister and deputy First Minister to the appointment.
6—(1) The Commission may make arrangements with a Northern Ireland department for persons employed in the Northern Ireland civil service to be seconded to the Commission.N.I.
(2) Arrangements made with a department other than the Department of Finance and Personnel require the approval of that Department
7—(1) The Commission shall pay to its employees such remuneration and allowances as it may determine.N.I.
(2) The Commission shall—
(a)pay, or make payments in respect of, such pensions or gratuities to or in respect of its employees as it may determine; and
(b)provide and maintain such schemes (whether contributory or not) as it may determine, with the approval of the Office and the Department of Finance and Personnel, for the payment of pensions or gratuities to or in respect of its employees or former employees.
(3) References in this paragraph to pensions and gratuities include references to pensions or gratuities by way of compensation to or in respect of employees who suffer loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments.
(4) Employment as an officer of the Commission is among the kinds of employment to which a superannuation scheme under Article 3 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (NI 10) can apply and, accordingly, in Schedule 1 to that Order in the entry “Employment by the Commissioner for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland” for “Commissioner” substitute “ Commission ”.
(5) A determination of the Commission under this paragraph requires the approval of—
(a)the Office; and
(b)the Department of Finance and Personnel.]