Director and other officers of contracted out prison

(1) Instead of the Superintendent, every contracted out prison shall have a Director, who shall be appointed by the Contractor and approved by the Minister. (2) The Director shall have such functions as are conferred on the Superintendent by this Act and any subsidiary legislation made under this Act. (3) The Contractor may appoint such number of contracted prison officers of, or above, the rank of Principal Prison Officer, for the contracted out prison. (4) The Director may appoint such junior contracted prison officers as may be necessary for the efficient functioning of the (5) In relation to a contracted out prison, any reference to the Superintendent and any other prison officer in this Act and 31 in any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, shall be construed as a reference to the Director or any other contracted prison officer employed by the contractor. (6) Where an officer in the prison service is transferred to an office in the contracted out prison and he retires or resigns on pension form, or dies while in service of, the contracted out prison, the service of the officer in prison service shall rank as qualifying service or pensionable service, as the case may be, for purposes of determining eligibility for a gratuity or pension under the Pensions Act, Cap. 30. (7) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Pensions Act or any other enactment amending or replacing that Act, where a person employed in a pensionable office by the contracted out prison is transferred to a pensionable office in the public service, his service under the contracted out prison shall rank as qualifying service or pensionable service, as the case may be, for purposes of determining his eligibility for gratuity or pension under the Pension Act, Cap. 30. (8) When making payment for a pension or gratuity in respect of officers referred to in subsections (6) and (7) of this section, the Government shall pay the whole pension or gratuity, but the contractor shall contribute to Government for the portion representing the number of years of pensionable service rendered by the officer in the employment of the Contractor.