Prospective
StaffN.I.
4(1)The Commission may employ staff, but subject to the approval of the First Minister and deputy First Minister as to—
(a)numbers,
(b)salary, and
(c)other terms of employment.
(2)The Commission may make arrangements for securing the provision to it of such assistance by persons employed in—
(a)the civil service of the United Kingdom,
(b)the civil service of Northern Ireland, or
(c)the Court Service,
as it considers appropriate for or in connection with the exercise of its functions.
(3)Employment as a member of staff of the Commission is among the kinds of employment to which a superannuation scheme under Article 3 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1073 (N.I. 10)) can apply; and, accordingly, in Schedule 1 to that Order (employments etc. to which Article 3 can apply), insert at the appropriate place—
“Employment in the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.”