APPENDIX
HER MAJESTY'S OVERSEA CIVIL SERVICE
Special Regulations by the Secretary of State for the Colonies
1. From the 1st October, 1954, there shall be constituted a Service to be known as Her Majesty's Oversea Civil Service and consisting of:
(1) Persons who
(a) have been appointed by the Secretary of State as members of
the Services listed in the schedule to these Regulations; and
(b) have not ceased to be members of such Service; and
(c) shall within six months of that date have signified their desire to be enrolled as Members of Her Majesty's Oversea Civil Service.
(2) Other Serving Officers of the Colonial Service who
(a) are on probation or have been confirmed in pensionable offices :
and
(b) were selected for appointment by the Secretary of State; and (c) shall within six months of the date aforesaid have signified their desire to be enrolled as Members of Her Majesty's Oversea Civil Service; and
(d) are recommended for enrolment by the Governor of the terri- tory in which they are serving, and are accepted by the Secre- tary of State.
(3) Persons not already in the Colonial Service who are hereafter offered by the Secretary of State and who accept Membership of Her Majesty's Oversea Civil Service on appointment to post in a Colonial territory.
2. Appointments to Membership of Her Majesty's Oversea Civil Service shall be held during Her Majesty's pleasure as signified through the Secretary of State. The decision of the Secretary of State as to whether any person is a Member or shall be appointed to be a Member of Her Majesty's Oversea Civil Service shall be final.
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 (including superannuation) attached to the offices which they hold under the governments or authorities by whom they are employed, in accordance with the laws or regulations of those governments or authorities. Membership of Her Majesty's Oversea Civil Service will not of itself carry any remunera- tion or emolument.
4. Serving Members of Her Majesty's Oversea 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 in principle by local regulations, in the territory in which the Member is
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5. A serving Member of Her Majesty's Oversea Civil Service, while having im to employment otherwise than in the office which he has been 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 Com. manwanlth or foreign territories for which Her Maic tv's Government in the
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United Kingdom may be invited to recommend candidates. No Member o Her esty's Oversea 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 Regulation ceasing to apply in the territory where he is for the time being serving.
6. A Member of Her Majesty's Oversea Civil Service who ceases to hol any public office may, if he so desires and if the Secretary of State see fit, be considered for further employment as if he were a Serving Member.
7. Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom reserve the right t vary, revoke or add to these regulations; provided that this right shall no be exercised to the disadvantage of any person who is at the time a Membe of Her Majesty's Oversea Civil Service.
8. The Special Regulations made by the Secretary of State from time t time for the Services listed in the Schedule will be cancelled with effect from the 1st October, 1954.
SCHEDULE
Colonial Administrative Service. Colonial Agricultural Service. Colonial Audit Service.
Colonial Chemical Service. Colonial Civil Aviation Service. Colonial Customs Service. Colonial Education Service. Colonial Engineering Service. Colonial Forest Service.
Colonial Geological Survey Service. Colonial Legal Service. Colonial Medical Service.
Colonial Mines Service.
Colonial Police Service.
Colonial Postal Service.
Colonial Prisons Service.
Colonial Research Service.
Colonial Survey Service. Colonial Veterinary Service.
Queen Elizabeth's Colonial Nursing Service.