National Heritage Act 1983

14(1)There shall be a Director of the Science Museum who shall be appointed by the Board with the approval of the Prime Minister.U.K.

(2)The Director shall be responsible to the Board for the general exercise of the Board’s functions.

(3)The Board may appoint such other employees as the Board think fit.

(4)The Board shall pay to their employees such remuneration and allowances as the Board may determine.

(5)The employees shall be appointed on such other terms and conditions as the Board may determine.

(6)A determination under sub-paragraph (4) or (5) is ineffective unless made with the approval of the Secretary of State given with the Treasury’s consent.

(7)Employment with the Board shall be included among the kinds of employment to which a scheme under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 can apply, and accordingly in Schedule 1 to that Act (in which those kinds of employment are listed) “Science Museum” shall be inserted after “ National Portrait Gallery ”.