Commentary on Sections Section 3 – Staff
10.Section 3 provides for the appointment of staff to a joint department. They are to be appointed by the Corporate Officers under a contract of employment (subsection (1)), and their pay and other conditions of service are to be broadly in line with those for staff in the Home Civil Service (subsection (2)(a) and (b)). Their pensions and similar benefits are to be in line with the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme, unless provision for such pensions and benefits continues to be made under their existing pension scheme (subsections (2)(c) and (3)).