# Northern Ireland Act 1998, Paragraph 6: Assistance


(1) The Executive Office may provide the Office with staff, facilities or services for the purpose of assisting the Office in the exercise of its functions.
(2) In this Schedule, a reference to a member of staff includes a reference to a member of staff appointed on secondment; but a period of secondment does not affect a person’s continuity of service in the Northern Ireland civil service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/9A/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-9A/paragraph-6
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