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in 2 cases (Somaliland protectorate and Aden) HMG pay loan-advances in lieu of pensions (and equivalent to their full sterling value), as the successor government has defaulted or as the circumstances of British withdrawal precluded the negotiation of normal arrangements.

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In addition UK pensions legislation provides that all HMOCS pensioners resident in the UK are entitled to certain UK pension supplements (Supplementary Pension for Overseas Service: SPOS) to help match UK retail price inflation. This additional safeguard applies to pensioners of the present Dependent Territories as well as to pensioners of former Dependent Territories.

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NOTE: Five other territories have become independent since 1954 but did not require HMOCS arrangements:

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Sudan 1956 (Anglo-Egyptian condominium): no HMOCS officers

served there) British expatriate officers in 1973. These officers served,

HMG assumed responsibility for the payment of Tpensions

similar terms and conditions of service as HMOCS officers. Tonga 1954 (British-protected state); and Tuvalu 1978; no HMOCS served on a permanent basis in either territory

Maldives 1965 and Zimbabwe 1980: both territories had already achieved internal self-government before the establishment of HMOCS (in 19230~ for their own recruitment of staff

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41948 and respectively and were therefore responsible

remain responsible for the payment of pensions to their expatriate officers.

・Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands) 1978: severed its constitutional links with Kiribati (Formerly Gilbert Islands) in 1975. There are no expatriate pensions paid by Tuvalu.

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