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other companies or organisations (eg the Garrison, PSA, British Council) at the Secretary of State's discretion.
29.
Places will be allocated and secondees accepted on the scheme no later than 1 January 1992. For any secondees accepted before that date, the five year period will commence from the date of acceptance on the scheme. The
scheme will end on 31 December 1996. The qualifying period to be spent in the UK will be a minimum of 24 months (unless the Secretary of State decides
otherwise in the particular circumstances of individual cases) to be broken down over the five year period at the discretion of the sponsor. Secondees will return to Hong Kong at the end of the scheme.
30.
It will be a condition of acceptance on the scheme that the secondee remains in the employment of the sponsor for the duration of the approved secondment. The Secretary of State will, however, have discretion to waive this requirement in the particular circumstances of individual cases, for example, if the sponsor moves from Hong Kong, ceases to trade, or becomes unacceptable as a result of unfavourable information coming to light. In such circumstances, the secondee may be allowed to continue the secondment under
the sponsorship of another firm or organisation.
31.
There will be no obligation upon the sponsor to continue to employ the secondee for the duration of the scheme. However, if the [Secretary of State/Governor] considers that a secondee's employment has been unreasonably terminated, he may decide to allow the secondment to continue under the
sponsorship of another firm or organisation.
32. Secondments will be for the purpose of work and work-related training (eg sandwich courses, post-graduate job-related education) only. The precise purpose will be required to be stated at the time of application.
Procedures
33.
Potential sponsors will apply to the Immigration and Nationality Department of the Home Office, either directly or through HKID, for an allocation of places. IND will, with the assistance of HKG and, where appropriate DTI, check the bona fides of the organisations concerned and satisfy itself that the proposed secondment arrangements come within the criteria for the scheme. If satisfied, IND may approve the organisation as
a sponsor.
34.
In the event that the total number of places requested by sponsors
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