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"commuted pension gratuity" means the commuted pension gratu
referred to in section 24(1);
"compensation scheme" means a compensation scheme approved under
section 13;
"death gratuity" means a death gratuity payable under section 20;
"deferred pension" means a pension granted to an officer but the payment of
which is deferred under section 7(a);
"dependant pension" means a pension granted under section 19 to a
dependant of a deceased officer;
"established office" means-
(a) in respect of service under the Government, an office which
(i) by virtue of provision for the time being in force in an Order made by the Governor and published in the Gazette, is declared to be an established office; and any such Order may specify a date prior to such Order from which the office is deemed to be an established office; and any such Order may from time to time be amended, added to or revoked by an Order so made and pub- lished; but where by virtue of any such amendment or revocation any office ceases to be an established office, then so long as any officer holding that office at the time of the amendment or revocation continues therein, the office shall, as respects that officer, continue to be an established office; or
(ii) immediately preceding 1 July 1987 was pensionable whether to holders of such office generally or to a particular holder; and such office shall be an established office until declared to be no longer an established office by an Order made by the Governor and published in the Gazette; and such Order shall have the like effect as an Order made under sub-paragraph (i) revoking an Order made under this Ordinance;
but no declaration that any office is an established office shall be deemed to imply that any holder thereof who is not confirmed in an established office at the date of his retirement shall be the holder of an established office; or
(iii) by virtue of an Order made by the Governor and published in the Gazette, is declared to be deemed to have been an estab- lished office; and any such Order may specify the period during which the office is deemed to have been an established office;
(b) in respect of other public service, an office which is for the time being a pensionable office under the law or regulations in force in such service;
"expatriation pay" means a special addition to salary granted in accord- ance with the Regulations of the Government governing such pay; "highest pensionable emoluments" means the highest annual pensionable
emoluments determined in accordance with the regulations;
"judicial officer" means an officer holding a judicial office as defined in the
Public Service Commission Ordinance;
"non-established office" means an office in the public service which is not an
established office;