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Section 1(5).
1(1)There shall be paid to the Director such remuneration, and such travelling and other allowances, as the Secretary of State may determine.
(2)In the case of any such holder of the office of the Director as may be determined by the Secretary of State, there shall be paid such pension, allowance or gratuity to or in respect of him, or such contributions or payments towards provision for such a pension, allowance or gratuity, as may be so determined.
(3)If, when any person ceases to hold office as the Director, the Secretary of State determines that there are special circumstances which make it right that he should receive compensation, there may be paid to him a sum by way of compensation of such amount as may be determined by the Secretary of State.
(4)The approval of the Treasury shall be required for the making of a determination under this paragraph.
2The Director may, with the approval of the Treasury as to numbers and terms and conditions of service, appoint such staff as he may determine.
3There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—
(a)the remuneration of, and any travelling or other allowances payable under this Act to, the Director and any staff of the Director;
(b)any sums payable under this Act to or in respect of the Director; and
(c)any expenses duly incurred by the Director or by any of his staff in consequence of the provisions of this Act.
4The Director shall have an official seal for the authentication of documents required for the purposes of his functions.
5(1)Anything authorised or required by or under this Act or any other enactment to be done by the Director, other than the making of a statutory instrument, may be done by any member of the staff of the Director who is authorised generally or specially in that behalf by the Director.
(2)The [1946 c. 36.] Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply to any power to make statutory instruments conferred on the Director by this Act as if the Director were a Minister of the Crown.
6The [1868 c. 37.] Documentary Evidence Act 1868 shall have effect as if the Director were included in the first column of the Schedule to that Act, as if the Director and any person authorised to act on behalf of the Director were mentioned in the second column of that Schedule, and as if the regulations referred to in that Act included any document issued by the Director or by any such person.
7In the [1967 c. 13.] Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, in Schedule 2 (departments and authorities subject to investigation), there shall be inserted (at the appropriate place) the following entry—
“Office of the Director General of Electricity Supply.”
8In the [1975 c. 24.] House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in Part III of Schedule 1 (other disqualifying offices), there shall be inserted (at the appropriate place) the following entry—
“Director General of Electricity Supply”;
and the like insertion shall be made in Part III of Schedule 1 to the [1975 c. 25.] Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975.
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