Section 42: Appointment and secondment from public service.

(1) The Council may appoint for the Commission, either directly or by secondment from any Public Service of the Federation, such number of employees as may, in the opinion of the Council, be required to assist the Commission in the performance of any of its functions under this Act.
(2) The person seconded under this section, may elect to be transferred to the service of the Commission, and any previous service the person may have rendered in the Public Service shall count as service to the Commission for the purpose of any pension subsequently payable by the Commission.