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| (1) The Institute may appoint such officers and servants as it considers necessary for the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of the Institute. |
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| (2) The officers and servants appointed under subsection (1) shall be remunerated in such manner and at such rates, and shall be subject to such conditions of service, as may be determined by the Institute. |
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| (3) At the request of the Institute any officer in the public service may, with the consent of that officer and the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in-charge of the subject of Public Administration, be temporarily appointed to the staff of the Institute for such period as may be determined by the Institute with like consent, or be permanently appointed to such staff. |
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| (4) Where any officer in the public service is temporarily appointed to the staff of the Institute, the provisions of subsection (2) of section 14 of the National Transport Commission Act, No. 37 of 1991, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to and in relation to such officer. |
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| (5) Where any officer in the public service is permanently appointed to the staff of the Institute, the provisions of subsection (3) of section 14 of the National Transport Commission Act, No. 37 of 1991, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to and in relation to such officer. |
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| (6) Where the Institute employs a person who has agreed to serve the Government for a specified period, any period of service to the Institute by that person shall be regarded as service to the Government for the purpose of discharging the obligations of that person under such agreement. |
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| (7) The request of the Institute, any member of the Local Government Service or any other employee of a Local Authority may, with the consent of such member, employee and the local Government Service Commission, or the Local Authority, as the case may be, be temporarily appointed to the staff the Institute for such period as may be determined by the Institute with like consent or be permanently appointed to such staff on such terms and conditions including those relating pension or Provident Fund rights as may be agreed upon the Institute and the Local Government Service Commission or that Local Authority, |
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| (8)Where any member of the Local Government Service or any employee of any Local Authority is appointed temporarily under subsection (7) to the staff of the Institute, he shall be subject to the same disciplinary control as any other member of such staff. |
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| (9) At the request of the Institute, any employee of a Public Coronation may, with the consent of such employee and the Governing Board of such Corporation, be temporarily appointed to the staff of the Institute for such period as may be determined by the Institute with like consent or be permanently appointed to the staff of the Institute with like consent under such terms and conditions, including those relating to pension or Provident Fund rights, as may be agreed upon by the Institute and the Governing Board of such Corporation. |
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| (10) At the request of the Institute, an officer or servant of any Higher Educational Institution established under the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978, may with the consent of that officer or servant, the University Grants Commission and the principal executive officer of that Higher Educational Institution be temporarily appointed to the staff of the Institute for such period as may be determined by the Institute with like consent, or with like consent be permanently appointed to such staff. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts