http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/16/section/3Parliament (Joint Departments) Act 2007An Act to provide for joint departments of the Houses of Parliament; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2015-01-30Expert Participation2014-04-01 31The staff of a joint department are appointed by the Corporate Officers and must be employed under a contract of employment with them.2The Corporate Officers must ensure—athat the pay of staff is kept broadly in line with pay in the statutory home civil service ;bthat, so far as is consistent with the requirements of both Houses of Parliament, the other conditions of service of staff are kept broadly in line with those in the statutory home civil service ;cthat the pensions and similar benefits of existing and former staff are kept in line with the provisions, or provided under, of the principal Civil Service Pension Scheme, as it applies for the time being to the statutory home civil service .3Subsection (2)(c) does not apply to existing or former staff if provision for pensions and similar benefits—awas made for them under another scheme before they joined the joint department, andbcontinues to be made under that scheme in respect of their service in that department.4The statutory home civil service” means the civil service (excluding Her Majesty's diplomatic service) within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (see section 1(4) of that Act).Words in s. 3(2) substituted (11.11.2010) by Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), s. 52, Sch. 2 para. 17(2); S.I. 2010/2703, art. 2(a)S. 3(4) inserted (11.11.2010) by Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), s. 52, Sch. 2 para. 17(3); S.I. 2010/2703, art. 2(a)Words in s. 3(2)(c) inserted (1.4.2014) by Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 25), s. 41(2), Sch. 8 para. 30 (with Sch. 11 para. 8); S.I. 2014/839, art. 4(2)(f)