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.