Hong Kong Ordinances

PUBLIC OFFICERS (ASSIGNMENT OF EMOLUMENTS) ORDINANCE - SECT 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 63 of 1999 s. 3

(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

"authorized officer" (特准人員) means-

   (a)  the Secretary for the Civil Service;

   (b)  any other public officer the Secretary for the Civil Service may by
        notice in the Gazette declare to be an authorized officer for the
        purposes of this Ordinance;

"emoluments" (薪酬), subject to subsection (2), means-

   (a)  in the case of an officer holding an established office, other than an
        officer on probationary terms, month-to-month or agreement terms, the
        salary attached to his established office, or where provision is made
        for taking service in a non-established office into account as
        pensionable service, the salary attached to that office;

   (b)  in the case of an officer holding a non-established office, or an
        established office on probationary terms or month-to- month terms, the
        salary payable to him in his substantive rank;

   (c)  any pension (other than a commuted pension gratuity) payable under the
        Pensions Ordinance ( Cap 89), the Pension Benefits Ordinance ( Cap 
        99) or the Pension Benefits (Judicial Officers) Ordinance ( Cap 401);
        and (Amended 85 of 1988 s. 57)

   (d)  any annual allowance payable under the Pensions Ordinance ( Cap  89)
        to an officer holding a non-established office, or an established 
        office on probationary terms or month-to-month terms; (Replaced 36 of
        1987 s. 48)

"established office" (設定職位), in relation to the holder of an
established  office, has-

   (a)  in case the Pensions Ordinance ( Cap 89) applies to such holder, the
        meaning assigned to it by section 2 of that Ordinance;

   (b)  in case the Pension Benefits Ordinance ( Cap 99) or the Pension 
        Benefits (Judicial Officers) Ordinance ( Cap 401) applies, the meaning
        assigned to it by section 2 of the Pension Benefits Ordinance (
        Cap 99); (Replaced 85 of 1988 s. 57)

"non-established office" (非設定職位) means an office which is not an
established office. (Added 36 of 1987 s. 48)

(2) The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations amending
the definition of "emoluments" in subsection (1). (Amended 63 of 1999 s. 3)

"authorized officer" (特准人員)

"emoluments" (薪酬)

"established office" (設定職位)

"non-established office" (非設定職位)