Paragraph 6 StaffF1

(1)

The Local Audit Office may employ staff and make other arrangements for its staffing.

(2)

That employment, or those arrangements, may be on whatever terms the Office considers appropriate (including terms as to remuneration, pensions or other financial matters).

(3)

The Secretary of State may from time to time—

(a)

designate for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) roles in which individuals serve or are to serve as staff of the Office;

(b)

revoke such a designation.

(4)

The Office may not make a payment in respect of an individual’s service in a designated role except in accordance with an agreement whose terms, so far as they relate to such payments, have been approved by the Secretary of State.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 1A inserted (15.7.2026 except the insertion of Sch. 1A paras. 13(1)(b)(2)-(4), 14, 15) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(6), Sch. 34 para. 1 (with Sch. 34 Pt. 2); S.I. 2026/812, reg. 2(2)(3)