Special Regulations by the Secretary of State governing membership of the Service were framed and the current regulations are reproduced below:-
(B) Special Regulations by the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
1. Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service was constituted on the 1st October, 1954. An officer is eligible for membership:-
(1) if on that date he was a member of one of the Services listed in the
schedule to these Regulations; or
(2) if he is an expatriate officer who at that date, held or who has sub- sequently been appointed to, a pensionable office either on probation or as a confirmed officer, and was either
(a) selected for appointment, by or with the approval of the Secretary
of State, or
(b) recruited through the Crown Agents, or
(c) otherwise recruited to a post for which a normal channel of recruit-
ment is either the Colonial Office or the Crown Agents.
2. Appointments to Membership of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service shall be held during Her Majesty's pleasure as signified through the Secretary of State. The decision whether any person is a member or shall be appointed to be a Member of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service shall rest with the Secretary of State.
3. Members of the Service who occupy any public office shall be known as serving Members and will receive the pay and other terms of employment (inclu- ding superannuation) attached to the offices which they hold under the govern- ments or authorities by whom they are employed, in accordance with the laws or regulations of those governments or authorities. Membership of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service will not of itself carry any remuneration or emolument.
4. Serving Members of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service shall be subject to the Colonial Regulations (Part I-Public Officers) in force for the time being, if and in so far as these apply in themselves, or are applied în principle by local regulations, in the territory in which the Member is employed.
5. A serving Member of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service, while having no claim to employment otherwise than in the office which he has been offered and has accepted, shall be eligible for consideration by the Secretary of State for employment in any post which he may be requested or authorised to fill,
and may also be considered, as opportunity offers, for posts in Commonwealth or foreign territories for which Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom may be invited to recommend candidates. No member of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service shall forfeit his eligibility for such consideration by reason of his accepting a public office in a territory to which Colonial Regulations do not apply, or by reason of the Colonial Regulations ceasing to apply in the territory where he is for the time being serving.
6. A Member of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service who ceases to hold any public office may, if he so desires and if the Secretary of State sees fit, be con- sidered for further employment as if he were a Serving Member.
7. Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom reserve the right to vary, revoke or add to these regulations; provided that this right shall not be exercised to the disadvantage of any person who is at the time a Member of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service.
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