Period of secondment

(1) An Officer may be seconded up to a maximum period of two years to an office or post outside the National Assembly. Such secondment, save in exceptional cases, shall not be renewable. The secondment shall be on a contractual basis and the Officer shall be governed by the rules and regulations of the receiving organisation. (2) An Officer shall continue to pay the usual contributions during the period of his secondment. National Assembly Staff 27 (3) Subject to subregulation (4) below, the service of an Officer while on secondment shall account for superannuation purposes. (4) All applications for secondment shall be made by the Officer concerned, through the Clerk, to the Committee. Approval for secondment shall be contingent on the exigencies of the Service.