CO129-600-2 Salaries Commission- proposed Public Services Commission 20-1-1948 - 1-3-1948 — Page 99

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application of this policy. It was apparent

that such questions as the range of functions to

be assigned to these bodies and their

composition

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questions which would be determined

in great measure in the light of purely local

circumstances raised general considerations

on which guidance should be available to

Governors. With this purpose in view

nemerendum-on Public Service Commissions, a

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copy of which is enclosedy was included in a

paper on the Colonial Service which was discussed

at the Conference of African Governors in

November last. The conclusions which were

reached by the Conference and with, which I agree

A copy of the

relevant pection

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in Tel a 8com/anying extract from the minutes of the Conferences.

are set out at the end of the memorandum.

Therefore

3. While I do not of course wish to

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suggest that the views expressed in that the

memorandum should be taken as precluding the

assignment to a Public Services Commission of

wider functions, I consider and I feel sure

you will agree that since Some of the

recommendations of the Salaries Commission involve

such extension of functions it is advisable that

be

you should examined those recommendations

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further in the light of the Memorandum. The

points to which I invite your consideration

are discussed in the following comments on the

recommendations of the Salaries Commission:-

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Paragraphs 171 and 173(v) and (vi). the

interpretation and application of conditions of

gen volty service is primarily the functions of the authority

which determines the conditions of service, that

is, of the employer, the Colonial Government. In

so far as the Colonial Government requires advice.

in such matters the generally accepted practice is that-

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