7(1)The [F1Service] may appoint such employees as they may determine with the consent of [F2OFCOM] as to numbers and terms of employment.U.K.
(2)If the [F1Service] determine to do so in the case of any of their employees, the [F1Service] shall pay to or in respect of those employees such pensions, allowances or gratuities, or provide and maintain for them such pension schemes (whether contributory or not), as the [F1Service] may determine.
(3)The M1Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 shall not require insurance to be effected by the [F1Service].
[F3(4)A person who is an employee of the Service is not to be eligible to be appointed as a member of the Service.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 19 substituted (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 15 para. 73(3) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)
F2Words in Sch. 19 substituted (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 15 para. 73(2) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)
F3Sch. 19 para. 7(4) inserted (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 210(3), 411(2) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)
Marginal Citations