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布政司署

香港下亞畢道

* OUR REF: (83) in L/M (10) to DP 66/5-C(90) III

來函檔號 YOUR REF:

Dear Miss Coglin,

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

20 November 1991

Delegation of Power under

Colonial Regulations

conmast

brackets

in wrong?

place.

The purpose of this letter is to seek the Secretary of State's approval under Colonial Regulation (CR) 54 (5) for the Governor to delegate :

(a)

(b)

to the Secretary for the Civil Service the authority of dismissal under CR 57 and 58 in respect of Category A officers (i.e. officers confirmed in an established office) remunerated below Point 14 on the Master Pay Scale (MPS); and

to Heads of Departments personally the authority

to summarily dismiss under CR 57(3) Category A officers remunerated below MPS Point 14.

Delegation of authority

2.

At

present,

all

formal disciplinary proceedings instituted under CRS in respect of Category A officers are handled by the Civil Service Branch (CSB). As regards Category B officers (i.e. Model Scale 1 officers, officers on probations and/or agreement terms, the authority for discipline respect of officers below MPS Point 14 or equivalent have already been delegated to Heads of Departments.

3.

in

Pursuant to the policy of devolution of authority to Departments, we intend to delegate to Heads of Department the authority to deal with Category A junior officers (i.e. officers below MPS Point 14) on the following :

Miss G. J. Coglin

Hong Kong Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SWIA 2AH

UNITED KINGDOM

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