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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
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8.8 31 July 8 AUGUST
ly 1980
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reach the Parliamentary 13. Unit through your
Under-Secretary by won 78.80 4pm. TODAY WEDNESDAY
July 80
Mr Robert Parry (Liverpool, Scotland Exchange): To ask the Lord 'rivy Seal, if he will list in the Official Report Civil Service Regulation 611 and the Letters Patent under which 320 health inspectors in Hong Kong were suspended without pay.
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The relevant extracts are as follows:
Suspension from Duty Without Pay
Civil Service Regulation 611:
"An officer who, in connection with a trade dispute, refuses or
omits to perform for any period any or any part of the usual
duties of his office, may be suspended from duty by the Secretary
for the Civil Service and shall not be eligible to receive salary
or any allowances other than those covered by Chapter V of Civil
Service Regulations in respect of the period for which he remains
suspended. During the period of suspension, the officer will be
deemed to be on leave without pay for all purposes other than for
allowances covered by Chapter V of Civil Service Regulations."
Letters Patent: Article XVI
"Subject to the provisions of Article XVIA, the Governor may,
subject to such instructions as may from time to time be given to
him by Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, upon
sufficient cause to him appearing, dismiss or suspend from the
exercise of his office any person holding any public office within
the Colony, or, subject as aforesaid, may take such other
disciplinary action as may seem to him desirable.'
(Article XVIA covers the tenure of office of Supreme Court and
district judges.)
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DOUGLAS HURD
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