Section 5: Staff of Commission and Divisions

5. Staff of Commission and Divisions (1) The Secretary to the Cabinet shall make available to the Commission an officer of the rank of Deputy Permanent Secretary, who shall be the Secretary of the Commission, and such other administrative and other staff as the Commission and any Division may require. (2) The Secretary of the Commission shall be the chief executive officer of the Commission and shall exercise such powers and discharge such administrative functions as the Commission may delegate to him. (3) The appropriate Service Commission may approve the transfer, promotion or secondment of any officer in the public service to any office within the Commission or any Division and any public officer so transferred, promoted or seconded shall, in relation to any gratuity, pension or other allowance, be treated as continuing in the public service. (4) The Commission may, on such terms and conditions as it may determine, engage on contract such suitably qualified person or body as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the specific functions of each Division. [S. 5 amended by s. 7 of Act 19 of 2012 w.e.f. 1 July 2013.]