153   Employees

(1)  Each private irrigation board may from time to time employ such persons as may be necessary to assist it in the exercise of its functions.

(2)  A person who has ceased to be a member of a private irrigation board is not eligible to be employed by the board until 6 months have elapsed after the person’s so ceasing to be a member.

(3)  All employees of a private irrigation board are subject to the control and governance of the board and to the provisions of any by-laws made by the board in that behalf.

(4)  A private irrigation board may fix wages and conditions of employment of its employees if they are not fixed in accordance with the provisions of any other Act.