Chief Executive Officer and other staff

(1) The Authority shall appoint, (a) subject to the approval of the Minister, a Chief Executive Officer who shall be responsible to the Board for the management of the Authority in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the regulations made there under; (b) a secretary to the Board and such other officers and employees as the Authority may determine. (2) There shall be paid to the Chief Executive Officer, secretary and other officers and servants of the Authority such salaries and remuneration as the Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, from time to time determine. (3) The Authority shall have the power to dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over its officers and servants except that the Chief Executive Officer shall not be dismissed without the prior approval of the Minister. (4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Authority may make regulations determining generally the conditions of service of its employees provided that no provision shall be made for the payment of any pension, gratuity or other retiring benefit to any employee of the Authority or the grant of benefits to the dependants or legal representatives of such employee without the prior approval of the Minister. 14