The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963

PART IINTERPRETATION OF TERMS

1.—(1) In this Schedule, unless inconsistent with the context—

“Branch IV employee” means a person who immediately before the dissolution of the Federation was—

“date of the termination of his services”, in relation to an officer, employee, Prison officer or member who is not transferred to the service of the Government of a Territory, means the date of the dissolution of the Federation or, if he is seconded to such service, the date of the termination of his secondment;

“employee” means a Public Service employee of Federal Assembly employee;

“established officer” means an officer who was an established officer or confirmed employee under the Public Service Regulations or the Federal Assembly Regulations;

“established Prison officer” means a Prison officer who was an established officer under the Prisons Regulations;

“Federal Assembly employee” means a person who immediately before the dissolution of the Federation was employed in a non-pensionable post in the Federal Assembly;

“Federal Assembly officer” means a person who immediately before the dissolution of the Federation was employed in a pensionable post in the Federal Assembly, whether or not he was contributing towards a pension;

“the Fund” means the Fund established by section 24;

“home Territory”, in relation—

“member” means a person who immediately before the dissolution of the Federation was an officer, non-commissioned officer or soldier of the Regular Force of the Army or the Air Force of the Federation, but does not include any person who was—

“Northern Prison officer” means a person who immediately before the dissolution of the Federation was a Prison officer who was a “northern officer” as defined in the Prisons (Senior and Junior Officers) (Pensions) Regulations 1963 of the Federation and who had not made the election provided for by section 34 of the said Regulations;

“Nyasaland member” means a member who was not born or is not domiciled in Nyasaland and whose home Territory is Nyasaland;

“Nyasaland officer” mean an officer or Prison officer who was not born or is not domiciled in Nyasaland and whose home Territory is Nyasaland;

“officer” means a Public Service officer or Federal Assembly officer;

“pensionable emoluments”, in relation to an officer, Prison officer or member, means his pensionable emoluments for the purposes of the Pensions Regulations;

“pensionable service”, in relation to an officer, Prison officer or member, means pensionable service for the purposes of the Pensions Regulations;

“person under contract” means a person who immediately before the dissolution of the Federation was employed by the Federal Government or Federal Assembly on contract and who was not an officer or an employee;

“Prison officer” means a person who immediately before the dissolution of the Federation was an officer of the Federal Prison Service established by the Prisons Act 1955 of the Federation;

“Public Service employee” means a person who immediately before the dissolution of the Federation was in the employment of the Federal Government and who was—

“Public Service officer” means a person who immediately before the dissolution of the Federation—

“Rhodesia House employee” means a person who immediately before the dissolution of the Federation was a permanent employee on pensionable conditions of service employed by the Federal Government in Rhodesia House, London;

“teacher” means a Public Service officer who immediately before the dissolution of the Federation was appointed to a grade in the Nurse Matron or Teaching Branch in the Education Group in the Federal Public Service;

“the Federal Assembly Regulations”, in relation to a Federal Assembly officer, means the conditions of service applicable to him which were fixed by the Speaker of the Federal Assembly;

“the Old Territorial Regulations”, in relation to a Public Service officer in Branch III of the Federal Public Service who elected to remain subject to his Territorial regulations, means the conditions of service applicable to him by virtue of that election;

“the Pensions Regulations”, in relation to—

“the Prisons Regulations”, in relation to—

“the Public Service Regulations”, in relation to a Public Service officer, means the—

of the Federation, whichever were applicable to him on the date of the termination of his services;

“the Regular Force Regulations”, in relation to a member, means the—

of the Federation, whichever were applicable to him on the date of the termination of his services;

“the service of the Government of a Territory” includes the service of the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council, as the case may be, of that Territory;

“the Terminal Benefits Regulations”, in relation to a Public Service officer who is not a Rhodesia House employee, means —

(2) For the purposes of the definition of “home Territory” in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, if on the date of the termination of this services—

(a)an officer or Prison officer who could, under proviso A or B to sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of that definition, have chosen a particular Territory as his home Territory has not made a choice thereunder, his home Territory shall be that determined in accordance with the provisions of the said sub-paragraph (ii);

(b)a member who could, under paragraph (c) of that definition, have chosen a particular Territory as his home Territory has not made a choice thereunder, his home Territory shall be that determined by the Pension Agency.