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3.3.2 The corresponding powers of an OAG within his Territory are likewise general and specific. He is the supreme authority within the DT in all matters not specifically otherwise regulated by his Instructions, legislation or otherwise, and subject only to those rights of petition and appeal to the Secretary of State described in Chapter 2. The Colonial Regulations provide a conspectus of his powers and duties.
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3.4.1
3.4.2
STAFF
To assist in carrying out these functions, an OAG has no personal staff save such "private office" as the Government of his Territory may provide for him, or any, such as an Aide-de-Camp, whom he may provide himself (See para 4.17). (Sometimes the OAG may be assisted by members of the Diplomatic Service.) The officers of the public service are employees of, and paid by, the Government of the Territory. The Government is thus permanently responsible for the terms of service, pay, and superannuation arrangements of the public service. At the same time, under Colonial Regulations, all officers of the public service will look to the OAG for protection and, through him, to the Secretary of State.
The officers of the public service in a DT are organised, functionally, as a microcosm of the government in London. There are Departments under permanent Heads, who are responsible either to the OAG (often through the Chief Secretary) or, as the political institutions develop, to a Minister or Ministers collectively (see Chapter 4).
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REGULATIONS
The regulations applicable to OAGs are contained in Colonial Regulations 3-14: see also Colonial Regulations 50-53. A list of serving OAGS is printed in HM Diplomatic Service Overseas Reference List. A further list, "List of Senior British Expatriate Officers Serving In Dependent Territories", is produced by the DT Administrative, Judicial, Legal and Staffing Section from time to time.
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3.6.3
APPOINTMENTS
The selection of an OAG is entirely for the Secretary of State, although he is advised by the Dependent Territories Senior Appointments Board (see Annex 4). The Secretary of State always consults the Prime Minister on the selection, and then advises The Queen on the appointment (see Annex 5).
OAGs are normally appointed for a period of three years, except in Hong Kong, where the normal term is five years. The Commission is always expressed as "during Her Majesty's Pleasure". If it is expected that their Territory is likely to become independent in a short time, a special arrangement is made (see Annex 5 para 10).
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When The Queen's approval of the appointment is received, arrangements are made by the DT Staffing Section gether with the DT geographical Departments concerned and News Department for the simultaneous release in the UK and the DT concerned of a press
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