Section 9: Pensions

(1) It is hereby declared that service in the Commission shall be approved service for the purposes of the Pensions Act and, accordingly, officers and other persons employed in the Commission shall be entitled to pensions, gratuities and other retirement benefits as are prescribed under the Act.
(2)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, nothing in this Act shall prevent the appointment of a person to any office on terms which preclude the grant of a pension, gratuity or other retirement benefit in respect of that office.
(3) For the purposes of the application of the provisions of the Pensions Act, any power exercisable by a Minister or other authority of the Federal Government, other than the power to make regulations under section 23 of the Act, is hereby vested in and shall be exercisable by the Commission and not by any other person or authority.