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Annex B

Annex C

CONFIDENTIAL

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may endorsed

wish

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Lo note that on 4.11.86 EXCO recommendation that 'all serving

(c)

members of the Judiciary, whether on local or

on

except those retirement and re-engagement,

overseas Lerms, following

agreement

(pension)

XCX

should be given an opportunity to transfer to

service

under

arrangements".

the on

B.

the

new

An

of extract

Paper

(86) 197

Future of the Judiciary: Terms and Conditions of Service is at Annex Hence when the New Pension Scheme for Judicial Officers was introduced in December 1988, applications for transfer to permanent Lerms by Judges were automatically approved and those from Judicial Officers other than judges were approved if they were supported by the Judicial Service Commission. The cut-off date of 28 March 1985 for first appointment has never been applied.

τι

was

only after

Judicial

the Director

of Audit queried the transfer of some officers, including

Officers close to

retirement

in August 1990,

that the Registrar, Supreme Court agreed that oflicers who apply for transfer to the permanent establishment should have at least 5 years to serve before retirement. Those appointed as Judicial Officers after reaching 50 years of

appointed or

before 1.7.87 and having attained the age

50 when they apply for transfer, should have at least 2 years tol

before retirement.

These conditions

age

serve

are specified in the Circular at Annex A.

(a)

A

(e)

1

copy of CSB Circular No. 6/85 issued in 28.3.85 and CSR 121 governing the transfer of civil servants to

permanent and pensionable terms are at Annex C.

This Circular was copied

the Registrar, Supreme Court in accordance with normal practice.

Lo

CSB Circular No. 6/85 stated that only agreement officers first appointed to Hong Kong before 28.3.85 are eligible to apply for transfer to permanent terms : we did not explicitly mention their eligibility to join HMOCS. However this has always been taken as read.

This circular was issued to Heads of

Assistant Deputy

Heads Departmental

Department, Department,

officers who all overseas

Secretaries,

01

all

deal with personnel matters and officers on agreement terms and

copied to the Registrar, Supreme Court.

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