Section 20, The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (Amendment) Act, 2010

(1) The Board may on the reco mmendationof the Director-General, engage such officers and employees as it may think necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the business and functions of the Authority and on the terms and conditions that the Board may determine. (2) The Authority may also engage the services of consultants and advisers as the Board may, on the recommendation of the Director-General, determine. (3) Public officers may be transferred or seconded to the Authority or may otherwise be required to give assistance to the Authority. (4) If a public officer eligible to receive a pension on retirement is seconded to the Authority, the period during which he serves with the Authority shall, for the purposes of computation of the time and amount of pension under any enactment relating to pensions and applicable to him be deemed to be service in the public service. (5) The Authority shall adopt suitable policies in respect of conditions of service of staff which shall be compatible with the best standards of practice in other semi-autonomous or parastatal organizations. (6) The Authority shall with the approval of the Minister, make regulations establishing schemes for pensions, gratuities and other retirement benefits in respect of employees of the Authority and the regulations may include provisions for the grant of benefits to the dependants of its employees or their legal representative (7) The Authority shall for the purpose of achieving maximum efficiency in the discharge of its functions under this Act, institute schemes for the training of its employees administrative, engineering, technical, managerial or in other capacities with a view to securing the benefit of their knowledge, experience and expertise in the conduct of the operations of the Authority”. (h) by the repeal and replacement of sections 23 and 24 by the following sections:–