# The Victims and Survivors (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, Paragraph 5


(1) The Commission may appoint such employees as it considers necessary, subject to the approval of the Office as to numbers.
(2) If it appears to the Commission that a person it proposes to appoint as an employee has at any time been convicted of a criminal offence, the Commission may only make the appointment if it has obtained the approval of the First Minister and deputy First Minister to the appointment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2006/2953/schedule/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-survivors-northern-ireland-order-2006/schedule/paragraph-5
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