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achievements. The Order therefore raises these limits by 20-30
points so that such achievements will attract up to 50 points.
The Order also attaches somewhat more importance to public or community service. Extremely few applicants have managed to score any meaningful number of points under this heading, and the
Order adjusts that slightly. Provision is made for service as
a non-official Justice of
of the Peace to couni.
community service.
Other changes
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The Order makes a number of other adjustments to the Schedule
which are all technical and which I need mention-only bricflY, It removes the sub-quota for "managers and administrators" in the
civil service. Experience has shown that the distinction between
these and their counterparts in the private sector has turned out to be unnecessary. The Order puts them on exactly the same footing. Experience has also shown that the earnings scale used under the Scheme does not differentiate applicants sufficiently and has resulted in too much bunching around particular levels.
The Order corrects this. It also provides for recent changes in
accountancy professional qualifications.
Librarians and related professionals
One change we propose to make does not require amendment of the
original Order is the inclusion of librarians in the Scheme. This group has a high emigration rate, their service is of high value and their services are in great demand. Since they have been emigrating and cannot casily be replaced it is right that they now be included.
BN(0) CUT-OFF DATES ORDER
I turn now to the second Order which sets out a Scheme for
registering British Dependent Territory citizens (BDTCs) as
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