TNAG-1670-FCO40-23182-Future-of-Hong-Kong-continuity-of-administration-civil-serv-1987 — Page 291

30

(v) by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting the following-

"(b) in the case of transfer to other public service-

(i) on his retirement on or after attaining the age at which he is permitted by the law or regulations of the service in which he is last employed to retire on pension;

or

(ii) on his retirement in any other circumstances in which he is permitted by the law or regulations of the service in which he is last employed to retire on pension or gratuity,

but sub-paragraph (ii) shall not apply in the case of a female officer who retires for the reason that she has or is about to be married;";

(vi) in paragraph (e), by deleting "or the Secretary of State"; (vii) by deleting paragraph (f);

(viii) in paragraph (g), by deleting the colon at the end and substituting a semicolon;

(ix) by inserting after paragraph (g) the following-

"(h) on retirement in accordance with any compensation

scheme;

(i) subject to subsection (2), on retirement in the public

interest;

(j) subject to subsection (2), on compulsory retirement in exercise of disciplinary powers of punishment by the Government:"; and

(x) by inserting after the section, as amended by sub-para- graph (i), the following subsection-

"(2) Unless otherwise directed by the Governor, pension, gratuity or other allowance granted to an officer to whom subsection (1)(i) or (j) applies shall not be payable until the officer attains the age of 55 years.";

(i) by inserting the following section after section 6—

"Compensation scheme.

6A. For the purposes of section 6(2) the Governor in Council may, from time to time, approve a compensation scheme which-

(a) shall apply to such officers as are specified in the

scheme;

(b) may provide for the payment of compensation, pension, gratuity or other allowance and additional benefits to officers on their retirement, the commuta- tion of pension, gratuity or other allowance, the payment of death gratuities to dependants of officers, and for other matters relating thereto, other than in accordance with this Ordinance; and

(c) shall provide for the circumstances under which compensation and other benefits are payable under the scheme.";