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[Subsidiary]
G.N.A. 229/50.
War service to count for pension purposes. 36 of 1987, s. 49.
CAP. 891
Pensions Regulations
(b) each such service may be treated separately,
[1987 Ed.
for the purposes of the grant of pension or gratuity in respect of such service, whichever is to his advantage in the circumstances.
(3) (a) A break in the service of an officer occurring wholly between 12 July 1946 and 23 July 1946, or between 16 August 1947 and 23 September 1947, as a result of the voluntary absence from the place of employment of such officer shall be disregarded for the purpose of computing the length of service qualifying for pension, annual allowance or gratuity:
Provided that any such break in service shall not be disregarded in computing the length of service for the purpose of determining the amount of such pension, annual allowance or gratuity.
(b) This paragraph shall be deemed to have had effect from 1 January 1947, in relation to officers to whom Part V does not apply and from 9 December 1949, in relation to officers to whom Part V applies.
16. Where an officer shall have served with Her Majesty's Forces in time of war and before so serving shall have been employed in the public service the following provisions shall have effect-
(a) during the period of such service in Her Majesty's Forces, including any period after the termination of the war (in this regulation referred to as military service), he shall be deemed for the purposes of the Ordinance and these regulations to have been on leave on full salary from the public service in which he was last employed, and to have held the substantive office last held by him in that service prior to military service;
(b) during any period between his leaving the public service for the purpose of serving in Her Majesty's Forces and the date of his commencing military service he shall, for the purposes of the Ordinance and of these regulations, be deemed to be on leave without pay, not granted on grounds of public policy, from the public service in which he was last employed and to have held the substantive office last held by him in that service prior to military service; and during any period between the termination of his military service and the date of his re-entering the public service he shall, for the said purposes, be deemed to be on leave as aforesaid from the service and to have held the substantive office in which he is re-employed:
Provided that-
(i) this regulation shall not apply when either period mentioned in paragraph (b) exceeds 3 months, or such longer
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