Version Superseded: 03/05/2007
Point in time view as at 01/12/1998. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Government of Wales Act 1998, Section 34 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)The Assembly may appoint such staff as it considers appropriate.
(2)Service as a member of the Assembly’s staff shall be service in Her Majesty’s Home Civil Service.
(3)Subsection (1) is subject to any provision made in relation to Her Majesty’s Home Civil Service by or under any Order in Council.
(4)Section 1(2) of the M1Civil Service (Management Functions) Act 1992 (delegation of civil service management functions vested in a Minister of the Crown to any other servant of the Crown) shall have effect as if the reference to any other servant of the Crown included the Assembly.
(5)Section 1(2) and (3) of the M2Superannuation Act 1972 (delegation of functions relating to civil service superannuation schemes by Minister for the Civil Service to another Minister etc. and consultation by that Minister or another Minister) shall have effect as if the references to a Minister of the Crown other than the Minister for the Civil Service included the Assembly.
(6)The Assembly shall pay to the Minister for the Civil Service, at such times as he may direct, such sums as he may determine in respect of—
(a)the provision of pensions, allowances or gratuities by virtue of section 1 of the M3Superannuation Act 1972 to or in respect of persons who are or have been members of the Assembly’s staff, and
(b)the expenses incurred in administering those pensions, allowances or gratuities.
(7)The Assembly may make any such payments towards the provision of superannuation benefits for or in respect of any member of the Assembly’s staff as it considers appropriate.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 34(2) restricted (23.11.2005) by The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 20005/3226), {art. 2(5)} (with art. 3(1))
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