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7(1)The Council may appoint such employees as they think fit.S
(2)The Council shall pay to their employees such remuneration and allowances as the Council may determine.
(3)The employees shall be appointed on such other terms and conditions as the Council may determine.
(4)A determination under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above requires the approval of the Secretary of State F1. . ..
(5)Employment with the Council shall be included among the kinds of employment to which a scheme under section 1 of the M1Superannuation Act 1972 can apply, and accordingly in Schedule 1 to that Act (in which those kinds of employment are listed), at the end of the list of “Other Bodies” there is inserted— “ Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. ”
(6)The Council shall pay to the Treasury, at such times as the Treasury may direct, such sums as the Treasury may determine in respect of the increase attributable to sub-paragraph (5) above in the sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under that Act.
(7)If an employee of the Council becomes a member of the Council and was by reference to his employment by the Council a participant in a pension scheme such as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) above—
(a)the Council may determine that his service as a member shall be treated for the purposes of the scheme as service as an employee of the Council whether or not any benefits are to be payable to or in respect of him by virtue of paragraph 5 above; but
(b)if the Council determine as aforesaid, any discretion as to the benefits payable to or in respect of him which the scheme confers on the Council shall be exercised only with the consent of the [F2Scottish Ministers] given with the approval of the Treasury.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 7 para. 7(4) repealed (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 108(3)(b)(i), Pt.IV
F2Words in Sch. 7 para. 7(b) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 108(3)(b)(ii)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 para. 7 wholly in force at 1.6.1992 see s. 63(2) and S.I. 1992/817, art. 3(2), Sch. 2
Marginal Citations