Hong Kong Ordinances

PUBLIC OFFICERS PAY ADJUSTMENTS (2004/2005) ORDINANCE - SECT 13

Adjustment of allowances

PART 4

ALLOWANCES

(1) Where the amount of an allowance payable to a public 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 amount of the
allowance payable to that officer is to be determined—

   (a)  in so far as it is payable for or attributable to any period beginning
        on or after 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)  in so far as it is payable for or attributable to any period beginning
        on or after 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) Where the amount of an allowance payable to a public 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 amount of the
allowance payable to that officer—

   (a)  in so far as it is payable for or attributable to any period beginning
        on or after 1 January 2004, is 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)  in so far as it is payable for or attributable to any period beginning
        on or after 1 January 2005, is 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) For the purpose of subsection (2) 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 the amount of his allowances is adjustable.