account of these certificates to the extent they think appropriate in assessing the credit worthiness of individual officers. The Department of Technical Co-operation are prepared, on request from an entitled officer, to write to a particular bank or similar institution confirming the status of the certificate that the officer may have shown to the institution. The Governments of North Borneo and Sarawak will umsider whether these certificates should be made negotiable.
6. Method of payment
(i) Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraphs (v) to (viii) below and to the provisions of paragraphs 12 and 13 of this Scheme, the lump sum compensation calculated in accordance with paragraph 5 above shall be payable over a period of five years from the operative date in SIX instalments, of which the first shall be paid as soon as possible after the operative date. Subsequent instalments shall be paid at intervals of one year from the operative date.
(ii) Those instalments shall be paid to all entitled officers whether they elect to retire from the Public Service or to remain on the pensionable establishment or to retire from the pensionable service and accept an offer to remain in the Public Service on contract terms (see paragraph 9 below).
(iii) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 7 below, the minal instalment of compensation shall be £1,000 or one-sixth of the total compensation payable, whichever is the greater, except that where the total compensation is £1,000 or less it shall be paid in full at once Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (iv) below, one-fifth of the balance of compensation due will be paid as a second instalment, one-fourth as a thud instalment and so on.
(iv) If on any anniversary of the operative date, the instalment due does not exceed £400 then, if the total amount of the balance of compensation payable is more than £400, an instalment of £400 shall be paid if the balance of compensation payable is less than £400, then the balance shall be paid at once. If, when any instalment is paid, the balance of compensation after payment of the instalment would be less than £100, it will be paid in full forthwith.
(v) An entitled officer who attains the age of 55 (or, in the case of a judge, the age of 62) shall be paid forthwith the balance of compensation due to him.
(vi) An entitled officer who is required to retire at any time on medical grounds or in the public interest shall be paid forthwith the balance of compensation due to him.
(vii) An entitled officer who is required to retire at any time either to facilitate the reorganisation of the Public Service or because his office is abolished or on grounds of age in accordance with the provisions of the Pensions Ordinance shall be paid forthwith the balance of compensation due to him and shall also be given the additional benefits set out in paragraph 13 (i) or (iv) as may be appropriate.
(vi) Ifan officer serving on probation (who is otherwise an entitled officer within the meaning of paragraph 2 (1) above), is required to retire either to facilitate the reorganisation of the Public Service or because his office is abolished or on grounds of age in accordance with the provisions of the Pensions Ordinance, he shall be deemed to have been confirmed in his appointment and the provisions of sub-paragraph (vii) of this paragraph shall then apply to him.
7. Officers who undertake to continue to serve ou pensionable terms for a minimum further period of 24 months of residential service
(i) An entitled officer who gives a written undertaking to continue to serve on pensionable terms for a further minimum period of 24 months of residential service, and whose undertaking is accepted by Government, shall receive an initial compensation payment of £2,000 if the compensation due to lum exceeds £2,000, or the total due to him if his entitlement is less than £2,000. In subsequent years, payment will be one-fifth, one-quarter, etc. of the reassessed balance of wmpensation, subject to the provisions of paragraph 6 (iv).
(ii) An entitled officer who enters into this arrangement and who might, in order to complete bis 24 months of residential service, only have to return to North Bornco/Sarawak for a final tour of less than 12 months, may be required by the Govemment to serve for a final tour of not more than 12 months.
