1967-HKRS30-8-57_Part01 — Page 21

Amendment of regulation 29.

7. Regulation 29 of the principal regulations is amended by adding the following new paragraphs after paragraph (4)—

"(5) For the purpose of computing nine months' salary under paragraph (2) in the case of an officer who has com- pleted three years unbroken service, an officer's monthly salary shall be taken to be-

(a) in the case of an officer who has held the same office for a period of three years immediately preceding the date of his death, the full monthly salary enjoyed by him at that date in respect of that office; (b) in the case of an officer who at any time during such period of three years has been transferred from one office to another, but whose monthly salary has not been changed by reason of such tranfer or transfers, otherwise than by the grant of any scale increment. the full monthly salary enjoyed by him at the date of his death in respect of the office then held by him; (c) in all other cases-

(i) one thirty-sixth of the aggregate salary enjoyed by the officer in respect of his service during the three years of his service immediately preceding the date of his death; or

(ii) where such one thirty-sixth is less than the highest monthly salary enjoyed by him at the date of any transfer within such period of three years, such monthly salary; or

(iii) where such one thirty-sixth is less than the monthly salary which would have been enjoyed by him at the date of his death if be bad continued to hold any office from which he has been transferred at any time during such period of three years and if he had received all scale increments which, in the opinion of the Governor, would have been granted to him, the monthly salary which would have been so enjoyed,

whichever is the greatest:

Provided that if the amount of the monthly salary calculated in accordance with the provisions of this sub-paragraph exceeds the actual monthly salary enjoyed by him at the date of his death then the actual monthly salary shall be the officer's monthly salary for the purposes of this paragraph.

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(6) For the purpose of determining under paragraph (5) the monthly salary that an officer has enjoyed or would have enjoyed, as the case may be, he shall be deemed—

(a) to have been on duty on Full salary throughout the period of three years immediately preceding the date of his death; and

(b) to have enjoyed the benefit of any increase, due to a revision of salaries, in the salary of any office beld by bim as if such increase had been payable through- out such period of three years.

(7) For the purpose of computing nine months" salary under paragraph (2) in the case of an officer who has had a period of less than three years unbroken service-

(a) the average monthly salary enjoyed by him during

such period shall be taken;

(b) he shall be deemed to have been on duty on full

salary throughout such period; and

(c) he shall be deemed to have enjoyed the benefit of any increase, due to a revision of salaries, in the salary of any office held by him as if such increase had been payable throughout such period.”.

8. The Schedule to the principal regulations is amended by the insertion-----

(a) after "Bermuda", of “British Antarctic Territory":

(b) after "Falkland Islands", of "Federal Republic of

Nigeria":

(c) after "Grenada", of “Guyana":

(d) after "Kenya and Uganda Railway and Harbour Adminis-

tration". of "Kingdom of Lesotho":

(e) after "Leeward Islands (before 1st July 1956)", of

**Malawi":

after "Malayan Union", of "Malaysia";

(g) after “Mauritius", of "Mid West Nigeria":

(h) after "Overseas Audit Department (Home Establish-

ment)", of-

"Republic of Botswana

Republic of Zambia Sabah";

Amendment of Schedule.