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Introduction

In the course of our review of individual grades in the civil service during 1979, we received a request from the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption that we also consider the pay and conditions of service of his staff. After making enquiries as to the relationship between the staff of the I.C.A.C. and the civil service, and confirming that it was appropriate to include them in our reviewing process, we agreed to the Commissioner's request. However, clarification of the position of the staff of the I.C.A.C. was not received in time to enable us to examine and report on their grades in our First Report on Civil Service Pay. In paragraph 20.3 of that Report we therefore gave notice of our intention to review the I.C.A.C. grades separately. We have now completed this review and our recommendations on pay are contained in this Report.

Background

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On 17th October 1973, His Excellency the Governor announced in the Legislative Council that a separate Anti- Corruption Commission would be formed under a civilian Commissioner whose independence would be established by his position being separated from the civil service, and by the fact that he would be accountable directly to the Governor. On 15th February 1974, the Independent Commission Against Corruption was formally brought into existence with the enactment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Ordinance 1974.

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On its establishment, the Commission was provided with two main categories of staff. The first category comprised grades and ranks with counterparts elsewhere in Government but with the suffix "Commission Against Corruption" (CAC) added to the rank and grade title. For example, Executive Officers were titled Executive Officers (CAC), Motor Drivers were titled Motor Drivers (CAC) and so on. The second category was a new grade of Commission Against Corruption Officer, created especially to undertake anti-corruption duties. Subsequently, in 1976, a further grade of staff peculiar to the Commission was created to undertake surveillance duties.

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Staff in grades and ranks with direct equivalents elsewhere in Government are paid on the same pay scales as their counterparts in the civil service. Staff in the two departmental grades, i.e. in the Commission Against Corruption Officer grade and the Surveillance grade, are paid from the

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