{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/42",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An NHS trust may employ such staff as it considers appropriate.\n(2) An NHS trust may—\n(a) pay its staff such remuneration and allowances, and\n(b) employ them on such other terms and conditions,\nas it considers appropriate.\n(3) An NHS trust must—\n(a) in exercising its powers under sub-paragraph (2), and\n(b) otherwise in connection with the employment of its staff,\nact in accordance with regulations and any directions given by the Welsh Ministers.\n(4) Before making any regulations under sub-paragraph (3), the Welsh Ministers must consult such bodies as they may recognise as representing persons who, in their opinion, are likely to be affected by the regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted for Sch. 3 para. 32",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/42/schedule/3/paragraph/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:50.847860+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."
}