Cap. 588 Art. 19Status of public officers detailed for duty with the Agency.    Cap. 93. Cap. 58.

(1) Where any public officer is detailed for duty with the

Agency under article 18(3) above, such officer shall, during the time in which such direction has effect in relation to him, be under the administrative authority and control of the Agency but he shall for all intents and purposes remain and be considered and treated as a public officer.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, a public officer detailed for duty as aforesaid:

(a) shall not during the time in respect of which he is so detailed:

(i) be precluded from applying for a transfer to a Government department however so described in accordance with the terms and conditions of service attached to the appointment held by him under the Government on the date on which he was so detailed for duty; or

(ii) receive remuneration and be subject to conditions of service which are less favourable than those attached to the appointment under the Government held by him on the date aforesaid or which would have become attached to such appointment, during the said period, had such officer not been detailed for duty with the Agency; and

(b) shall be entitled to have his service with the Agency considered as service with the Government for the purposes of any pension, gratuity, or benefit under the Pensions

Ordinance and the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Act and for the purpose of any other right or privilege to which he would have been entitled, and responsible for any liability for which he would have been answerable, but for the fact of his being detailed for duty with the Agency.

(3) Where an application is made as provided in sub-article (2)(a)(i) above, the same consideration shall be given thereto as if the applicant had not been detailed for service with the Agency.

(4) The Agency shall pay to the Government such contributions as may from time to time be determined by the Minister responsible for finance in respect of the cost of pensions and gratuities earned by an officer detailed for duty with the Agency as aforesaid during the period in which he is so detailed.