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5.

appropriate in the circumstances.

Clause 3 also permits

the Secretary to delegate to any public officer or any

class of public officers his power to stop pay.

3.

By clause 4 of the Bill a public officer who

is absent from work or who fails to perform his usual

duties or engages in irregular industrial action short

of a strike may be suspended from duty without pay by

the Secretary for the Civil Service.

4.

Clause 5 of the Bill makes clear that the

powers conferred by this Bill are in addition to any

other powers of the Crown to stop the pay of public

officers or to suspend them from duty.

5.

The enactment of this Bill will not result

in any additional expenditure of public moneys or

additional Public Service staffing requirements.

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