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in the process of drafting a composite miscellaneous pensions

amendment bill to remove inconsistencies and anomalies in the

existing pensions legislation.

23.

The main change is to provide for service below the

age of 18 years to count as pensionable service in all

At present such service counts for person in some

It is therefore proposed, on

cases.

cases and not in others.

equity, to amend the pensions

grounds of consistency and

ordinances to provide that all service regardless of age

should count for pension. However, it is

not intended that

this should apply retrospectively to officers who have

already left the service.

24.

Because there is a limitation on the maximum amount

of pension one can accrue (maximum pension cannot exceed

two-thirds of highest salary) the modification is unlikely to

have any significant effect on the cost of pensions.

25.

Another amendment will provide for a more flexible

definition for "pensionable emoluments" for acting allowance

to be taken into account as pensionable emoluments where an

officer retires after performing satisfactorily in a higher

office in an acting capacity for a prolonged period, but

cannot be promoted

to that office

because of the rank