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(2) The functions of the staff commission shall not extend to the giving of advice with respect to recruitment to, or the terms and conditions of service in, Her Majesty’s Home Civil Service.

(3) The Attorney General may give directions to the staff commission as to their procedure; and it shall be the duty of the commission to comply with the directions.

(4) Any expenses incurred by the staff commission under this section shall be paid by the Director.

(5) The Attorney General may give to any authority employing staff in connection with the discharge of prosecution functions, directions with respect to—
 * (a) the furnishing of information to the staff commission;
 * (b) the implementation of any advice given by the commission; or
 * (c) any other matters connected with the employment of such staff;

and it shall be the duty of the authority to comply with the directions.

(6) In this section “authority” means any police authority or other authority or body mentioned in section 17(6)(c) or (d) of this Act; and “police authority”, in relation to the metropolitan police district, means the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

13.—(1) This section shall have effect―
 * (a) as respects any premises which were, up to the transfer date, being used to any extent in connection  with the discharge of prosecution functions; and
 * (b) as respects the local authority or police authority who were providing the premises;

and shall have effect in particular to ensure that prosecutions, including proceedings in cases in the course of hearing on the transfer date, can be conducted without any interruption or interference in the transition to the arrangements for prosecuting offences established by this Part.

(2) On and after the transfer date it shall be the duty of the authority, to the extent to which the premises were being used in connection with the discharge of prosecution functions―
 * (a) to make the premises available for the Service; or
 * (b) where it is not reasonably practicable to make them so available, to make available for the Service premises which, in the opinion of the Director, are a suitable alternative.

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