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9 or may order him to be disqualified from holding any such licence for such period as the court may think fit.".
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Clerk of Councils. пп
PENSIONS ORDINANCE. (Chapter 89).
NOTIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT CIRCULAR NO. 2/67 DATED 5TH JANUARY 1967,
Establishment Circular No. 2/67 dated 5th January 1967 is hereby published for general information —
3rd January, 1967.
5th January 1967.
Explanatory Note.
(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended ro indicate their general purport).
The purpose of these regulations is to bring the Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Animal Dealers) Regulations 1960 more into linc with United Kingdom legislation dealing with the prevention of cruelty to animals,
2. By regulation 2, a proviso in added to the definition "animal dealer" to exclude from the provisions of the principal regulations a person selling any animal or bird kept by him as a pet or the offspring thereof and to make it clear that such a person is not deemed to be an animal dealer.
3. By regulation 3, two new regulations, 10A and 10B, are added to probibit the selling of animals or birds to children under twelve years of age and to prohibit the selling of unweaned animals.
曝 By regulation 4, a new paragraph (6) is added to regulation 16 to provide for the cancellation of, or disqualification from holding, any licence if the holder thereof is convicted of an offence against the regulations.
(Secretariat ECON 19/3231/59)
ESTABLISHMENT CIRCULAR NO, 2/67.
Salaries CoMMISSION, 1965.
100% PENSIONABILITY AND REDUCTION IN VACATION LRAVE-EARNING RATES.
(This circular notifies decisions taken in respect of the proportion of substantive emoluments used for the compulation of pen- sions and other retiring benefits and in respect of a reduction in vacation kave-earning rates. It should be read by all officers.)
1. Paragraphs 39 to 42 of Establishment Circular No. 25/66 read as follows : ----
"PENSIONABILITY
39. The recommendation of the Commission that sub- stantive emoluments (including expatriation pay) should be 100% pensionable has been accepted in principle, to be effec- tive from 1st April 1965. This acceptance in principle is, however, conditional on an associated reduction in vacation leave-earning rates (sec paragraphs 40-42 below). In order not to defer payment of arrears of salary, it has been decided, with the agreement of the Presidents of the main Staff Associa- tions, that deduction for Widows and Orphans contributions shall be made at the rate of 4% of salary (rather than 4% of 90% of salary as at present) from 1st April 1965 onwards. If, subsequently, different arrangements are applied, any over- deduction which has been made from their salary in respect of Widows and Orphans contributions will be refunded.
VACATION LEAVE-EARNING RATES
40. The Salaries Commission remarked, inter alia, that:
(i) leave-earning rates are too generous; but
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