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76 Officers and employees of Welsh Authority 7.—(1) The Welsh Authority may appoint a secretary and such other officers, and take into their employment such other persons, as they may determine.

(2) The Welsh Authority shall, as regards any officers or persons employed in whose case it may be determined by that Authority so to do, pay to or in respect of them such pensions, allowances or gratuities, or provide and maintain for them such pension schemes (whether contributory or not), as may be so determined.

(3) If any officer of or other person employed by the Welsh Authority, being a participant in any pension scheme applicable to his office or employment, becomes a member of the Welsh Authority, he may, if the Secretary of State so determines, be treated for the purposes of the pension scheme as if his service as a member of that Authority were service as an officer of or person employed by that Authority.

Machinery for settling terms and conditions of employment of Welsh Authority's staff etc.

Except so far as the Welsh Authority are satisfied that adequate machinery exists for achieving the purposes of this paragraph, it shall be the duty of the Welsh Authority to seek consultation with any organisation appearing to them to be appropriate with a view to the conclusion between the Welsh Authority and that organisation of such agreements as appear to the parties to be desirable with respect to the establishment and maintenance of machinery for—

(a) the settlement by negotiation of terms and conditions of employment of persons employed by the Welsh Authority, with provision for reference to arbitration, in default of such settlement, of such cases as may be determined by or under the agreements; and

(b) the promotion and encouragement of measures affecting the safety, health, training and welfare of persons employed by the Welsh Authority, and the discussion of other matters of mutual interest to that Authority and such persons.

(2) The Welsh Authority shall send to the Secretary of State copies of any such agreement and of any instrument varying the terms of any such agreement.

Authentication of Welsh Authority's seal

9. The application of the seal of the Welsh Authority shall be authenticated by—

(a) the signature of the Chairman of the Welsh Authority or some other member of the Welsh Authority authorised by that Authority to authenticate the application of their seal and

(b) the signature of the secretary of the Welsh Authority or some other officer of the Welsh Authority authorised by that Authority to act in that behalf.