17   Staff of Authority

(1)  The Authority may employ such staff as it requires to exercise its functions.

(2)  The Authority may fix the salaries, wages and conditions of its staff in so far as they are not fixed by or under any other Act or law.

(3)  The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the employment of the staff of the Authority, including the conditions of employment and the discipline of any such staff.

(4)  Any such regulations relating to the conditions of employment or the discipline of staff:

(a)  have effect subject to any relevant award made by a competent industrial tribunal and to any industrial agreement or enterprise agreement to which the Authority is a party, and

(b)  have effect despite any determination of the Authority under subsection (2).

(5)  The Authority may arrange for the use of the services of any staff (by secondment or otherwise) or facilities of a Government agency or any other public or local authority.

(6)  Any staff of whose services the Authority makes use is taken to be the staff of the Authority for the purposes of this Act and any other Act that confers functions on the Authority.

(7)  The Authority may engage consultants.