Hong Kong Ordinances

PUBLIC OFFICERS PAY ADJUSTMENTS (2004/2005) ORDINANCE - SECT 11

Adjustment of pay of certain public officers who are not civil servants or ICAC officers

(1) Subject to section 12, where the pay of a public officer (not being a
civil servant or ICAC officer) is determinable in accordance with or by
reference to, directly or indirectly, a point on the civil service  pay scales
or the ICAC pay scale, the pay payable to that officer is to be determined—

   (a)  with effect on and from 1 January 2004, in accordance with or by
        reference to the rate of pay pertaining to that point as adjusted by
        section 4(1)(a) or 8(1)(a), as the case may be; and

   (b)  with effect on and from 1 January 2005, in accordance with or by
        reference to the rate of pay pertaining to that point as adjusted by
        section 4(1)(b) or 8(1)(b), as the case may be.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), where the pay of a public officer

(not being a civil servant or ICAC officer) is adjustable in accordance with
or by reference to, directly or indirectly, adjustments to the civil 
service pay scales or the ICAC pay scale, the pay payable to that officer
is—

   (a)  with effect on and from 1 January 2004, to be adjusted in accordance
        with or by reference to the percentage pay adjustment as set out in
        column 2 of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 6, as the case may be, opposite
        the relevant salary band appropriate to that officer, with the result
        rounded up to the nearest dollar; and

   (b)  with effect on and from 1 January 2005, to be further adjusted

(or, in the case of a public officer appointed after 1 January 2004, adjusted)
in accordance with or by reference to the percentage pay adjustment as set out
in column 3 of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 6, as the case may be, opposite the
relevant salary band appropriate to that officer, with the result rounded up
to the nearest dollar.

(3) Where the pay of a public officer (not being a civil servant or
ICAC officer) is adjustable on a biennial basis in accordance with or by
reference to, directly or indirectly, adjustments to the civil service pay 
scales, any adjustment to the pay payable to that officer that is—

   (a)  to be made after 1 January 2004, is to be made in accordance with or
        by reference to the percentage pay adjustment as set out in column 2
        of Part 1 of Schedule 6, opposite the relevant salary band appropriate
        to that officer, with the result rounded up to the nearest dollar; and

   (b)  to be made after 1 January 2005, is to be made in accordance with or
        by reference to the percentage pay adjustment as set out in column 3
        of Part 1 of Schedule 6, opposite the relevant salary band appropriate
        to that officer, with the result rounded up to the nearest dollar.

(4) Where the pay of a public officer (not being a civil servant or
ICAC officer) is determinable and adjustable in accordance with or by
reference to, directly or indirectly, a point on the civil service pay  scales
or the ICAC pay scale, the pay payable to that officer is to be determined and
adjusted—

   (a)  with effect on and from 1 January 2004, in accordance with or by
        reference to the rate of pay pertaining to that point as adjusted by
        section 4(1)(a) or 8(1)(a), as the case may be; and

   (b)  with effect on and from 1 January 2005, in accordance with or by
        reference to the rate of pay pertaining to that point as adjusted by
        section 4(1)(b) or 8(1)(b), as the case may be.

(5) For the purpose of subsections (2) and (3) the relevant salary band
appropriate to a public officer is the salary band specified in column 1 of
Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 6 in accordance with adjustments to which or by
reference to adjustments to which his pay is adjustable.