Cap. 595 чл. 6APersons of trust. 

(1) Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries may engage directly, on a persons of trust basis, individuals from outside the public service and the public sector:

(a) to act as consultants to a Minister or Parliamentary Secretary; or

(b) to act as staff of the Secretariat of a Minister or a Parliamentary Secretary; or

(c) in the event that following repetitive public calls for engagement, a post remains vacant:

Provided that persons of trust shall not be deemed to be public officers or public employees.

(2) Persons of trust shall be engaged on a fixed term engagement contract:

Provided that a person engaged in this position shall not attain indefinite status if employed in excess of the legal limit stipulated in the Contracts of Service for a fixed term Regulations, on the basis that the engagement is linked to a particular Minister or Parliamentary Secretary where the maintenance of a higher level of trust is necessary by virtue of the nature of the position and where a high level of trust is objectively an essential element of the employment relationship.

(3) The number of persons that may be engaged and the conditions of employment of persons of trust shall be established in the manual published by Cabinet Office which shall be laid on the table of the House.