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revised scale subject to this not being above the scale maximum.

(d) When the minimum of the scale remains unchanged and

the maximum is raised

(e)

(E)

(g)

(i)

(ii)

where a civil servant's pay is less than the maximum of the old scale or where he has served on the old maximum for less than one year he should convert to the same numbered point on the revised scale;

where a civil servant has served for one or more years on the maximum of the old scale he should convert to the next higher numbered point on the revised scale.

When the minimum of the scale remains unchanged and the maximum is lowered

(i) where the maximum of the revised scale is

lower than the maximum of the old scale

(ii)

a civil servant should be given a continuing option to retain his old scale on a personal basis until such time as it is to his advantage to transfer irrevocably to the revised scale;

where a civil servant opts to convert to the revised scale he should convert to the same numbered point on that scale subject to this not being above the scale maximum.

When the minimum of the scale is lowered and the maximum is raised

(i)

(ii)

where a civil servant's pay is less than the maximum of the old scale or where he has served on the old maximum for less than one year he should convert to the same numbered point on the revised scale;

where a civil servant has served for one or more years on the maximum of the old scale he should convert to the next higher numbered point on the revised scale.

When the minimum of the scale is lowered and the maximum remains unchanged

where the minimum of the scale is lowered and the maximum remains unchanged, a civil servant should convert to the same numbered point on the revised scale.