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GOVERNMent secrETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

本署檔號 OUR REF :

來函檔號 YOUR REF:

(93) in L/M(10) to DP 66/5-C(90) III

Mr M V Stone

; HKA OI

016/1

Hong Kong Department

29 MAY 1992

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

London SWIA 2AH

United Kingdom

Dear

Mike,

5 May 1992

Bu19/5

WEISS Williams

This now seems

order to me.

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Mess

On this if need be and

ark

Brooks to

will need to handle her

Delegation of Power under Colonial Regulations (CRC) Comment. You

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of 1 May 1992.

The concers

Thank you for your letter information you required are set out in the order they were about CSB presented in your letter :-

(a)

(b)

(c)

The Governor has

in a

on 22 October 1991 (overy indicated his endorsement to seek the ministe approval of the Secretary of State for the proposed delegation of authority. A copy of the minute is attached at Appendix A.

Under Regulation 7(2) of the Civil Service (Disciplinary) Regulations 1988, Heads of Departments are empowered to impose any punishment on Category B officers remunerated below MPS Point 14. As this category of officers are not confirmed to the permanent establishment, they are excluded from the purview of the Colonial Regulations. A copy of the Civil Service (Disciplinary) Regulations 1988 is attached at Appendix B.

I confirm that your understanding is correct.

We are intending to seek the Secretary of State's approval to delegate from the Governor to the Secretary for the Civil Service the authority to dismiss under CR 57(2) and CR 58 for Category A officers remunerated below Point 14 on the

Master Pay Scale, and to Heads of Departments the authority to award summary dismissal under CR 57(3) for the same category of staff.

which should

unter alia, draw on

Colly's

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