9(1)The Authority shall appoint a secretary and may appoint such other employees as they may determine.U.K.
(2)If the Authority determine to do so in the case of any of their employees, the Authority shall pay to or in respect of those employees such pensions, allowances or gratuities, or provide and maintain for them such pension schemes (whether contributory or not), as the Authority may determine.
(3)If any employee of the Authority—
(a)is a participant in any pension scheme applicable to his employment, and
(b)becomes a member of the Authority,
he may, if the Secretary of State so determines, be treated for the purposes of the pension scheme as if his service as a member of the Authority were service as an employee of the Authority.