TNAG-2417-FCO40-3519-Hong-Kong-Her-Majesty-s-Overseas-Civil-Service-(HMOCS)-poli-1992 — Page 55

SCHEDULE

COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN OFFICERS IN THE PUBLic Service of Zambia

1.-(1) In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

appropriate law" in relation to an officer in the public service means the law in force in Zambia that governs the grant of pensions, gratuities and other like benefits in respect of the service of that officer in the public service;

appropriate Service Commission "

(a) in relation to an officer who can be removed from his office by the Judicial Service Commission, means that Commission ; and

>>

(b) in any other case, means the Public Service Commission ; "entitled officer means an overseas officer in the public service who on the operative date has not attained the age of fifty-five years or, in the case of a judge of the Court of Appeal or the High Court. sixty-two years and who-

(a) was before the operative date appointed or selected for appoint- ment to an office in the public service being a pensionable office for the purposes of the appropriate law;

(b) was on the operative date the substantive holder of an office that was at that date a pensionable office for the purposes

of the appropriate law;

(c) is a member of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service or Her Majesty's Overseas Judiciary, or a designated officer for the purposes of the Overseas Service (Northern Rhodesia) Agree- ment 1961:

(d) has since the operative date been the substantive holder of an office service in which may during his tenure thereof be taken into account in computing his pension under the appro- priate law; and

(e) has been confirmed in his appointment, where his appointment

is subject to confirmation;

and includes an officer in the public service on and since the operative date to whom the provisions of the Overseas Superannuation Scheme (Consolidation) Regulations apply;

"

"General Orders means the General Orders of the Government ;

‘Government” means the Government of Zambia ;

6

44

**

operative date" means 1st May 1964;

27

overseas officer' means an officer in the public service whose conditions of service on the operative date included an entitlement to free overseas passages from Zambia for the purpose of leave of absence upon the completion of a tour of duty;

44

"

"

Oversea Superannuation Scheme (Consolidation) Regulations means any regulations so entitled made by a Secretary of State; pensionable emoluments means emoluments that may be taken into account in computing the pension of an officer under the

3

Interpre- tation.