[F1 StaffU.K.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch 2A inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 22, ss. 1(5), Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 7; S.I. 1999/650, art. 2(b)
6(1)There shall be a Chief Executive of the Commission, who shall be appointed by the Commission as an employee of theirs.U.K.
(2)The Chief Executive shall be responsible to the Commission for the general exercise of the Commission’s functions.
(3)Subject to any directions given to them by the Secretary of State with respect to the number of persons who may be employed by the Commission, the Commission may appoint such other employees as they think fit.
(4)Subject to any directions given to the Commission by the Secretary of State, the Chief Executive and any other employees shall be employed on such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions as to remuneration) as the Commission think fit.
(5)Service as an employee of the Commission shall be included in the kinds of employment to which a scheme under section 1 of the M1Superannuation Act 1972 can apply.
(6)Accordingly, in the Superannuation Act 1972, in Schedule 1 (kinds of employment etc referred to in section 1) the following entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place among the entries under the heading “Royal Commissions and other Commissions”—
“National Lottery Commission”.
(7)The Commission shall pay to the Minister for the Civil Service, at such times as that Minister may direct, such sums as that Minister may determine in respect of the increase attributable to sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) in the sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under the Superannuation Act 1972.
Marginal Citations
[F26A(1)The Secretary of State may appoint the Chief Executive of the Commission as a member.U.K.
(2)Where the Chief Executive is appointed as a member—
(a)paragraph 5 shall not apply to him, and
(b)if he ceases to be Chief Executive he ceases to be a member.
(3)Where the Chief Executive is appointed as a member the Secretary of State may, on the recommendation of the Commission, appoint another employee of the Commission as a member; and—
(a)paragraph 5 shall not apply to a person appointed by virtue of this sub-paragraph,
(b)the Secretary of State may suspend or terminate an appointment made by virtue of this sub-paragraph if the Chief Executive ceases to be a member, and
(c)if a person appointed by virtue of this sub-paragraph ceases to be an employee of the Commission he shall cease to be a member.]]
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 2A para. 6A inserted (1.10.2006) by National Lottery Act 2006 (c. 23), ss. 1(4), 22(1); S.I. 2006/2630, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)