S.L. 217.11 Art. 13Status of public officers detailed for duty with the Agency. Cap. 595. Cap. 93. Cap. 58.

(1) Subject to the provisions of article 34 of the Public

Administration Act, where any officer is detailed for duty with the

Agency under any of the provisions of regulation 11, 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 other intents and purposes remain and be considered and treated as a public officer.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, an 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 department of the Government in accordance with the terms and conditions of service attached to the appointment under the Government held by him at a date on which he is so detailed for duty; or

(ii) be so employed that his remuneration and conditions of service are less favourable than those which are attached to the appointment under the Government held by him at 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 under the Widows’ and

Orphans’ Pensions Act and of any other right or privilege to which he would be entitled, and shall be liable to any liability to which he would be liable, but for the fact of his being detailed for duty with the said Agency.

(3) Where an application is made as provided in subregulation (2)(a)(i), 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.