{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2007/schedule-6/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2007/schedule-6/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/22",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The first chief executive is to be appointed to hold his office, and any executive members appointed in accordance with paragraph 6(4) are to be appointed as such members and , if appointed as employees under paragraph 6(6A), are to be employed by the Authority, on such terms and conditions, including those as to remuneration, as the Secretary of State may determine.\n(2) Any subsequent chief executive is to be appointed to hold his office, and any executive members appointed in accordance with paragraph 6(5) are to be appointed as such members and , if appointed as employees under paragraph 6(6A), are to be employed by the Authority, on such terms and conditions, including those as to remuneration, as the non-executive committee may determine with the approval of the Secretary of State.\n(3) The Authority must—\n(a) pay to or in respect of . . . executive members such pensions, allowances or gratuities, or\n(b) provide and maintain for them such pension schemes (whether contributory or not),\nas the non-executive committee may determine.\n(4) If an employee of the Authority who is an executive member—\n(a) is a participant in a pension scheme applicable to his membership of the Authority, and\n(b) ceases to be an executive member without ceasing to be an employee,\nhis service (after ceasing to be an executive member) as an employee may, if the Secretary of State so determines, be treated for the purposes of the pension scheme as if it were service as an executive member.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 7(1)(2) inserted (26.11.2008) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 85(4)(a), 149(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 7(2)(3) substituted (26.11.2008) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 84(3), 149(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 7(3)(a) repealed (26.11.2008) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 85(4)(b), 149(1)(2)(b)(i), Sch. 11 Pt. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/22/schedule/6/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:35.975623+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."
}