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Saving.

Trinidad

Turks and Caicos Islands

Uganda

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Virgin Islands

Western Region of Nigeria

Zanzibar.".

8. No pension or gratuity which has been paid before the date of coming into operation of these regulations shall be reduced thereby,

COUNCIL CHAMBER.

27th March, 1962.

Clerk of Councils,

Approved by the Legislative Council this 18th day of April, 1962.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

18th April, 1962.

Of Ar

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

Explanatory Note.

(This Note is not part of the regulations but is intended to indicate their general purport).

These regulations make a member of minor amendmeats to the Pension Regulations (the principal regulations)—

(a) by regulation 2 the definition of "Scheduled Government” in regulation i of the principal regulations is replaced by a new definition. taking jako account recent changes in the Commonwealth;

(b) by regulations 3 and 4, regulations 23 and 26 of the principal regulatinu are amended to enable an officer to commute five, ten, fifteen, twenty o twenty-five per cat of his pension instead of, as before, twenty-fer per cent only, a consequential amendment to regulation 29 of the principal regulations being made by regulation 5;

(c) by regulation 6, regulation 31 of the principal regulations is amended to bring it into line with section 4 of the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance, 1953 and subsection (6) of section 17 of the Pensions Ordin ance, Chapter 89; and

(d) by regulation 7, the Schedule to the principal Ordinance is replaced by |

a new Schedule of Scheduled Government, under regulation 8.

(Secretariat PRS/4370/600)

DELEGATION OF FINANCIAL POWERS.

Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council on the 18th day of April, 1962.

Be it resolved

(1) that expenditure additional to annual estimates as finally approved by this Council relating to services which could not have been foreseen and cannot be postponed without detriment to the public service and which is not of such a pature as to raise some question of principle or involve a breach of some regulation may be authorized by the Governor up to the limits set out in the Schedule hereto pending covering approval by the Finance Committee of this Council;

(2) that expenditure as aforesaid in excess of the limits set out in the Schedule hereto may be authorized by the Governor and covering approval of Finance Committee obtained at the earliest opportunity thereafter. if it is essential in the public interest that such additional provi- sion should be authorized at once, but in other cases the prior approval of the Finance Committee of this Council shall be obtained;

that the powers referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Resolution may be delegated by the Governor to the Financial Secretary and the Deputy Financial Secretary subject to such conditions, exceptious and qualifications as the Governor may prescribe.

CATEGORY

I. Personal Emoluments

1. Supernumerary

appointments

SCHEDULE.

Lums oF SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION

in respect of a supernumerary appointment: (a) for a period not exceeding two weeks to facilitate handover, or where as a result of leave arrangements an officer would otherwise revert to substantive rank and within such period would be required to act again; (6) for a replacement, where considered necessary, for a woman officer on maternity leave for the approved period of such leave;

(c) for a replacement, where considered orOCISKIY, for an officer on prolonged sick leave for the period of such leave;

(b) for a replacement, in the same or lower grade,

for an officer on no-pay leave;