National Lottery Act 2013

Staff of Regulator

17. (1) The Regulator may—

(a) with the consent of the Minister, determine the number, grading, remuneration and other conditions of service of staff (including persons transferred or seconded from a public service body and persons employed on a contract of service) to be appointed to the Office of the Regulator, and

(b) appoint, following an open competition or transfer from other areas of the Public Service, to be members of the staff (including in a part-time capacity or for a specified period or purpose) of the Regulator such persons as the Regulator may determine from time to time.

(2) Where a member of the staff of the Regulator has previous service in the civil service, such service shall be reckonable for the purposes of, but subject to any other exceptions or exclusions in—

(a) the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2011,

(b) the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005,

(c) the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007,

(d) the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 and 2012,

(e) the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 ,

(f) the Parental Leave Act 1998 ,

(g) the Carer’s Leave Act 2001 ,

(h) the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 , and

(i) the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 .

(3) In this section “public service body” has the meaning assigned to it in section 5 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 .