9(1)The Board shall appoint a person to be the chief executive of the Board who shall be responsible to the Board for the exercise of its functions.
(2)The Board may appoint such other employees as it thinks fit.
(3)The Board may only appoint a person to be its chief executive or the holder of any other employment of a specified description after consultation with, and subject to the approval of, the Lord Chancellor.
(4)The reference in sub-paragraph (3) above to employment of a specified description is a reference to any employment for the time being specified by the Lord Chancellor in a direction given for the purposes of that sub-paragraph.
(5)An appointment under this paragraph may be made on such terms and conditions as the Board, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor and consent of the Treasury, may determine.