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27 JAN 1993
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Obligations of HMG
of HMG towards HMOCS officers
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Two White Papers of 1954 and 1960 set out HMG's obligations
towards HMOCS officers. They state, inter alia, that HMG has a special obligation to officers of the Colonial Service who were selected by the Secretary of State. Should the territory
in which they are employed attain self-government they can
expect that:
(i) Their pensions and other benefits will be safeguarded.
(ii) If they retire prematurely due to constitutional change, they will receive compensation from the government of the
territory concerned.
The 1960 White Paper clarified that overseas officers should
be entitled to retire with compensation calculated with
actuarial advice taking account of age, salary, and length of
service.
The
In other Dependent Territories (DTS) the White Paper
commitments to safeguarding HMOCS officers' pensions were fulfilled by HMG concluding a Public Officers' Agreement (POA) with the successor Government just before independence.
safeguards in these POAS included the right of retirement at independence with early payment of pension and an undertaking
to pay all HMOCS pensions at a fixed rate of exchange in
sterling at the date of independence (HMG subsequently took
over the financing of the sterling safeguard in almost all
DTs). Officers also received compensation for loss of the
Secretary of State's protection and career prospects.
These arrangements were introduced in all HMOCS territories, without exception, when HMG's sovereignty passed to a
successor Government. In only one case, Brunei, did the local
government refuse to pay compensation. There the Sultan
guaranteed the continued employment of the (5) HMOCS officers
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