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In order to emphasise the fact that this

Commission will not be just another Department of

Government, but will be outside the ordinary Government

structure, it is intended to establish the Commission as an independent statutory body, though naturally, since it will be financed wholly from Government funds, the Commission's estimates will be subject to the

approval of the Governor.

The Commission is likely to be served, in its

initial stages at least, both by officers

seconded

from other Government departments and by persons recruited from outside the public service. The selection of staff

will generally be carried out by the Commissioner and such appointments will not be subject to the advice of the Public Services Commission. However, the appointment

of the Commissioner, and of some of the most senior

officers of the Anti-Corruption Commission, will be made by or subject to the approval of the Governor.

The terms of service upon which the officers of the Commission serve will be subject to the approval

of the Governor. It is intended that these terms

should be kept roughly in line with those of the public

service.

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Furthermore, in order to preserve the

rights to pensions and gratuities of those officers

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serving with the Commission who are public servants, service

in the Commission will be, if the Secretary of State so approves, designated as other public service for the

purpose of our pensions laws and steps will have to be.

taken to ensure that their career prospects do not

suffer

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