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PART III
c. 63
Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980
12.—(1) The Secretary of State may enter into agreements re- Power to meet lating to the employment in public or social services in overseas territories of persons designated at any time by the Secretary of State in accordance with the agreements, under which the Secre- tary of State meets, directly or indirectly, expenses-
expenses incurred in connection with
employment
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(a) in connection with the employment of those persons in
accordance with the agreements, or
(b) in respect of compensation paid to those persons, and may out of money provided by Parliament make any payments falling to be made under the agreements.
(2) The agreements may be agreements with the Government of the overseas territory, or with any inter-governmental organisation, or (if the employment is not by or under the Government of the overseas territory, or an inter-governmental organisation) with the authority or other body which is the employer.
(3) No such agreement shall be entered into, and no person shall be designated under such an agreement, except with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service.
(4) The consent of the Minister for the Civil Service to the designation of any person under such an agreement may be given generally in respect of persons of such descriptions, and subject to such limitations (if any), as may be specified in the consent.
(5) For the purposes of this section a person shall be taken to be employed in public or social services in an overseas territory at any time when—
fat he is the bolder of a public office in an overseas territory.
or
(b) be is employed under the Government of an overseas territory or under any municipal or other local authority in an overseas territory, or
(c) he is employed in an overseas territory by any inter-
governmental authority or organisation, or
(d) he is employed by any authority, organisation or institu- tion established for public purposes in an overseas territory, including any marketing board, co-operative society or other body providing benefits princasily for a particular section of the public, or
(e) ha is employed (otherwise than by any such authority, organisation or institution) in any service provided, or in any other activities carried on, for public purposes in an overseas territory,
(6) The Secretary of State may by order apply this section in relation to employment in an overseas territory in a capacity
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specified in the order as it applies in relation to employmer.t in public or social services in overseas territories.
(7) An order under subsection (6) above shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(8) This section applies only to persons serving outside the United Kingdom.
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13.-(1) In this Part of this Act overseas territory any territory or country outside the United Kingdom.
(2) References in this Part of this Act to the Government of an overseas territory include references to a Government constituted for two or more overseas territories, and to any authority established for the purpose of providing or administer- ing services which are common to, or relate to matters of common interest to, two or more such territories.
(3) Any reference in this Part of this Act to an officer to whom section 10 above applies is a reference to a person who bas teen 2ppointed an officer under that section or under section 1 of the Overseas Service Act 1958 and for the time being continues 1958 2. to hold that appointment.
(4) For the purposes of this Part of this Act, a persou shall be taken to be serving as an officer to whom section 10 above applies at any time when, having been appointed an offcer under that section or under section 1 of the Overseas, Servicz Act 1958, he continues to hold that appointment, and any reference to service as such an officer shall be construed accordingly.
PART IV EDUCATION
14.-(1) The Secretary of State may from time to time make, Provisio out of money provided by Parliament, in accordance with such sachers arrangements as the Secretary of State thinks fit, payments-
and for (a) for enabling persons from countries and territories of X-opera educatio the Commonwealth outside the United Kingdom to
between, attend teacher training courses in the United Kingealth dom;
(6) for encouraging persons from the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland to become temporarily employed in those countries and territories as teachers or in connection with teaching, and for facilitating the return to and resettlement in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, as the case may be, of persons so employed;
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