{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/schedule-12A/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/schedule-12A/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "schedule/12A/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Other staff: appointment, terms and conditions",
  "text": "(1) The Commission may—\n(a) appoint other employees, and\n(b) make such other arrangements for the staffing of the Commission as it considers appropriate.\n(2) In appointing an employee, the Commission must have regard to the principle of selection on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.\n(3) Employees appointed by the Commission are to be appointed on such terms and conditions, including those as to remuneration, as the Commission may determine.\n(4) The Commission may—\n(a) pay to or in respect of those employees such pensions, allowances or gratuities (including pensions, allowances or gratuities paid by way of compensation in respect of loss of employment) as the Commission may determine, and\n(b) provide and maintain for them such pension schemes (whether contributory or not) as the Commission may determine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 12A inserted (19.6.2025 for specified purposes, 20.8.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), s. 142(1)(2)(h), Sch. 14 para. 1 (with Sch. 14 paras. 2, 3); S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(z) (with reg. 1(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/schedule/12A/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:55.804064+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}