Mode
Per
2.
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upgrading the posts but that
should remain at Grade 4 but that a responsibility allowance
Grade 4.
of £1,
per annum be paid to each/Governor in recognition
of his added duties. Since the Governor of St Helena is also
graded at DS4 equivalent, the meeting concluded that he
should likewise receive the allowance.
5. On (b), the Inspectors recommended that on account of the
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the islands'
remoteness and general shortage of amenities, there was a
GORCIUOM
good case for allowing the annual leave. The Governors of
Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands, and HM
Commissioner, Anguilla, already qualify for leave every
12 months; the remainder (the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and St Helena) qualify for leave only every
18 months. The meeting agreed that it would be equitable to
standardise leave for all DS4 Governors at 12 months. (This
concession for the Governor of St Helena would not apply to
the Administrators of Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha,
who, although in direct control of their respective terri-
not cories, are considered to have a comparable degree of respon-
moneone, sibility to the Governor, and are,/constitutionally responsible to him.)
5.
The financial implications of these two proposals are set but in the attached sheet. Briefly, the responsibility allowance will involve an additional £6,000 pa. the annual
Leave for the three extra territories will mean an additional
10,422 p.a.
PP)
PSD, WIAD and the Inspectorate agree.