Section 18 Appointment of officers and payment of expenses.

The Ministry, with the approval of the Ministry of FinanceF1 as to numbers and remuneration, may appoint officers and servants to act for the purposes of this Act, and may, in lieu of or in addition to appointing persons under this section, arrange with any government department that officers or servants of that department shall act for the purposes of this Act.

There shall be paid to officers and servants appointed under this section such salaries or remuneration as the Ministry of Finance may determine, … .F2.

There shall be appropriated in aid of the expenses incurred by the Ministry under this Act such amounts as may be paid to the Government of Northern Ireland out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom under sub-section (3) of section twenty-two of the United Kingdom Act as representing the amount of the expenses incurred by the Government of Northern Ireland under this Act in respect of matters as to which, apart from sub-section (2) of the said section twenty-two, the Parliament of Northern Ireland has not power to make laws.