(1) The chief executive officer may employ employees the chief executive officer considers necessary to perform the authority's functions.
(2) Subject to any relevant industrial instrument, the chief executive officer may decide the employment conditions of employees employed under this section.
(3) The Public Service Act 2008 does not apply to the employment of employees employed under this section.
(4) Before employing a person under this section, the chief executive officer must consult with the commission chief executive under the Public Service Act 2008.
(5) Despite subsection (3), an employee employed under this section is taken to be a public service employee of the authority for the purposes of a work performance arrangement under the Public Service Act 2008, section 183.
(6) In this section—
employment conditions includes conditions about the length of the employment and ending the employment.