R Davie Esq (PM5)
Civil Service Department Old Admiralty Building Whitehall
LONDON SW1
•Noted pe 5/12 cape
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Meanwhile p.a.
118 5/12
72
8/1/79
4377 233-3184
Now see (28) 830,
p.a. 18
HRA 435/393/6
HKA 435/393/6
1 December 1978
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HONG KONG
DISCIPLINARY CASES IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE
1. We have received a letter from Mr A J Hunter, the Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service Branch in Hong Kong, which reads as follows:-
"It would assist us in a review of interdiction policy which we are currently engaged in if you would let us know what procedures now operate in the UK as regards the inter- diction of civil servants, local Government servants and Police officers.
"We are particularly interested in the question of reduc- tion of salary during interdiction, something which is clearly expected by Colonial Regulation 60. The version of that regulation which applies in other Territories also expects this, and makes a distinction between interdiction on reduced salary and suspension on no salary. The term 'suspension' is not used in Hong Kong, although under CR 60(2)(b) an officer's salary may be withheld on conviction on a serious criminal charge.
"The present general practice in most of the Hong Kong civil service is to pay an officer interdicted under CR 60(1) (a) or (b) 50% of the emoluments of his office if he is unmarried, and 75% if he is married. It would be helpful to know whether this accords with UK practice, both as regards the percentages and the distinction based on marital status."
2. We should be grateful if you would be good enough to advise us what reply should be sent to the enquiry. The Governor, in disciplinary cases, is guided by Nos. 54-56 of the Colonial Regulations, a copy of which I enclose for ease of reference. It is from this basic set of CR's that further local regulations in Hong Kong are drawn up.
A E Clarke
Hong Kong & General Department