SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8THE COUNCIL FOR CATHOLIC MAINTAINED SCHOOLS
Staff
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The right of the Council under section 19(1)(a)(vi) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 to employ staff shall be exercised subject to any directions which may be given by the Department with respect to the number and terms and conditions of service of persons employed or to be employed by the Council.
2
The officers of the Council shall be appointed at such rates of remuneration as the Council may, with the consent of the Department, determine.
3
The Council may, in accordance with arrangements approved by the Department, make provision for the payment on death or retirement of pensions, gratuities or other like benefits to or in respect of the service of officers of the Council.
4
The Council shall appoint a fit person approved by the Department to be itsF1 chief executive.
5
The Council shall not employ as a paid officer of the Council a person who is, or has within the preceding 12 months been, a member of the Council or a diocesan education committee.
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1
Subject to sub‐paragraph (2), this paragraph applies to any person employed immediately before the appointed day by the Interim Council for Catholic Maintained Schools established in accordance with the memorandum published by the Department on 17th September 1987 (in this paragraph referred to as “the former employer”).
2
This paragraph does not apply to a person—
a
whose contract of employment terminates on the day immediately preceding the appointed day; or
b
employed for a temporary period.
3
The contract of employment between a person to whom this paragraph applies and the former employer shall have effect from the appointed day as if originally made between him and the Council.
4
Without prejudice to sub‐paragraph (3)—
a
all the former employer's rights, powers, duties and liabilities under or in connection with a contract to which that sub‐paragraph applies shall by virtue of this paragraph be transferred to the Council on the appointed day; and
b
anything done before that day by or in relation to the former employer in respect of that contract or the employee shall be deemed from that day to have been done by or in relation to the Council.
5
Sub‐paragraphs (3) and (4) are without prejudice to any right of an employee to terminate his contract of employment if a substantial change is made to his detriment in his working conditions, but no such right shall arise by reason only of the change in employer effected by this paragraph.