CONFIDENTIAL
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES LIAISON GROUP MEETING: WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY,
3.00 PM
Present
Mr January, WIAD (Chairman)
Mr Wallace, WIAD
Mr Williams, SED
Dr Harkin, FID
Miss Cooke, SPD
Miss Walsh, SPD
Miss Jump, WIAD
Mr Waterworth, Legal Advisers
Miss Robinson, CAD, ODA
Mr Mills, OMD, ODA
Mr Gibby, ERD
Mr Broom, UND
Mr Halley, MAED
Mr Dalton, MAED
Mr Knott, NCAD
Miss Johnson, NCAD
Mr Murray, PPD
Mr Magee, PSD
Mr Cook, Security Dept
Administrative matters
a) Governors' Terms and Conditions of Service
1.
Mr January reported that the exercise undertaken by the
personnel departments to bring the terms and conditions of service.
more closely into line with DS norms was now almost complete. WIAD
planned to submit the proposed new terms to Ministers in
mid-February; the Governor-designate of Montserrat, who was due to
take up office in late April, would be the first Governor to whom
the new terms would apply. We also planned to extend the new terms
to future contract Administrators of Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
On the conduct and discipline aspects, Mr Murray observed that PPD's
Legal Adviser had proposed that letters of appointment for future
contract Governors should make explicit reference to those areas
where DS, rather than colonial, regulations would henceforward
apply. Mr Magee commented that PSD's work on the salaries and
allowances was now well underway, but all references had to be
checked with the various specialist sections within PSD, a process
which had to be conducted thoroughly and therefore took time. A
package should be in place by mid-February. The terms would of course also apply to Mr Bradley if he extended his term as Governor
of TCI.