Sch 9B para 5 Assistance
(1) The Executive Office may provide the Commissioner with staff, facilities or services for the purpose of assisting the Commissioner in the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions. (2) The Office of Identity and Cultural Expression may provide the Commissioner with services for the purpose of assisting the Commissioner in the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions. (3) 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.