The Commissioner may make arrangements for persons to be seconded to the Commissioner to serve as members of the Commissioner's staff.

The arrangements may include provision for payments by the Commissioner to the person with whom the arrangements are made or directly to seconded staff (or both).

A period of secondment to the Commissioner does not affect the continuity of a person's employment with the employer from whose service he or she is seconded (and, in particular, nothing in paragraph 11(4) affects such a person's continuity of service in the civil service of the state).