166.—(1) The Scottish Further Education Funding Council (Establishment) (Scotland) Order 1998 is amended as follows.
(2) In article 7 (salaries, allowances and pensions for members), paragraph (3) is omitted.
(3) In article 9(4) (staff), “given with the consent of the Treasury” is omitted.
(4) In article 10(2)(b) (superannuation) for “Secretary of State” there is substituted “Scottish Ministers”.
(5) The function of the Minister for the Civil Service(1) under article 10(2)(b) is not transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.
Functions of the Treasury under article 10(2)(b) are now exercisable by the Minister for the Civil Service by virtue of S.I. 1995/269.