16—Minister to provide facilities, staff etc
(1) The Minister must
provide the Commission with facilities and assistance by staff and consultants
as reasonably required for the proper performance of the Commission's
functions.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1), the Minister may, if so requested by the Commission,
do either or both of the following:
(a)
allow the Commission to select persons to be engaged as staff members or
consultants to assist the Commission;
(b)
engage staff members or consultants otherwise than as Public Service employees
or officers or employees under the Technical and Further Education
Act 1975 .