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total was 300 or so. I therefore do not expect particular
difficulties with the Treasury. Although there are some 35 or so contract judicial officers who could apply to transfer
and become HMOCS officers, Hong Kong have informed us that
so far only 6 have in fact applied. The total number of
judicial officers transferring may therefore be
substantially less than 35.
5. If the Secretary of State agreed with this approach, the next step would be to issue a statement along the lines
of that attached to my submission of 10 July. Given that
time has moved on, we consider that the judges should now be
given until 1 October 1992 to put in an application for
transfer to pensionable establishment and hence apply for
HMOCS membership. I submit a fresh draft.
chatt
PF Ricketts
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I are
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