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LEAVE OF OAGS
(See paras 3.8.5 and 3.10.1)
Except in a Territory where the amount of leave which an OAG may take with salary is laid down by a local Ordinance, OAGs are regarded as earning leave at the same rate as senior officers of their Territory (see Colonial Regulation 5).
OAGs are not normally entitled to carry forward leave earned in any previous service which they may have had in HMOCS, HM Diplomatic Service, as an OAG of another Territory, or as the case may be. If an OAG makes an application, DT Administrative, Legal and Judicial Staffing Section should be consulted.
Except in very rare cases, the period of interregnum should be as short as possible, and usually not more than one month. DT Staffing Section, in consultation with the DT geographical Department, must consider well in advance of the end of an OAG's term of office the extent to which an interregnum can be allowed.
OAGs should ensure, as far as possible, that they do not build up a large balance of leave which would lead to a salary overlap between outgoing and incoming OAGs. DT geographical Departments should consider in good time and in consultation with DT Staffing Section, the possibility of the provision for an overlap in the salaries of the two OAGs, if an overlap (including the time of an OAG's leave) is likely to be necessary.
The DT geographical Department in consultation with DT Staffing Section should notify Protocol and Conference Department whenever an OAG is about to arrive in the UK either at the end of his appointment, on leave, or for consultations, so that the appropriate VIP facilities may be provided on his arrival. Similar arrangements cannot be made for an OAG's wife if she is arriving in the UK without her husband; but she may be "helped through" Customs, etc.
Whenever OAGs visit the UK the DT geographical Department should notify Ministers, higher authority, Protocol and Conference Department for including in the monthly list of visitors, and others of the presence in the UK of an OAG (and of his wife if without her husband). Their names may need to be noted for invitations to functions and for other purposes.
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