These dependent territories
HMOCS or contract (ex HMOCS).
are: Gilbert Islands, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, St Helena,
British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Anguilla, Turks and
Caicos.
(the first three Dependent Territories are expected
to go to Independence in 1978 and 1979).
3. The well established general rule is that the cost of
the Governor's salary should fall on the local budget.
However, this basic principle raises difficulties to local
politicians and the local legislative if the relationship
between the Governor's salary in the local estimates to the
next most senior expatriate officers (ie Chief Justice and
Chief Secretary) is not reasonable. The Chief Justice and
Chief Secretary are likely to receive OSAS supplementation in
the United Kingdom. Thus where the Governors' total
emoluments are provided in the local estimates they may
appear to be disproportionately high in relation to his
immediate subordinates. In some circumstances this is
politically embarrassing.
4.
Moreover, whilst on occasions when it is justifiable to
increase the Governors' emoluments to keep them in line
with those of other UK officers serving overseas in comparable
grades or to the salaries or FSA of UK seconded officers in
the same territories it may be embarrassing or impracticable
to ask the local legislative to make appropriate provision
for the Governor into the estimates.
5.
For the reasons set out above, we adopted the following
practice on the remuneration of Governors:-
a.
The Governor's basic salary should be
provided in the local estimates, and pitched
at a level which will maintain an appropriate
relationship with the local salary of his immediate
The basic salary should be reviewed
subordinates.
/whenever
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