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

Cash in lieu of notice

13.—(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (4) of this paragraph, on the date of the termination of his services there shall be paid—

(a)to an established officer who is not a teacher, to an established Prison officer or to a member whose pensionable service amounts to two years or more, three months' pay;

(b)to an officer on probation who is not a teacher, to a Prison officer on probation or to a member whose pensionable service amounts to less than two years, one month's pay;

calculated at the rate of his salary or, in the case of a member, at the rate of his pensionable emoluments, on the date of the termination of his services, less the aggregate of his salary or, in the case of a member, the aggregate of his pensionable emoluments, if any, in respect of the period—

(i)if he was notified on the first day of any month of the date of the termination of his services, from that day;

(ii)if he was notified on a day other than the first day of a month of the date of the termination of his services, from the first day of the month following that in which he was so notified;

until the date of the termination of his services.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (4) of this paragraph, on the date of the termination of his services there shall be paid to a Public Service officer who is a teacher and who is not seconded to the service of the Government of a Territory—

(a)in the case of an established officer, four months' pay;

(b)in the case of an officer on probation, one month's pay;

calculated at the rate of his salary on the date of the termination of his services.

(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (4) of this paragraph, on the date of the termination of this services there shall be paid to an employee or person under contract who has not been given notice under his conditions of service or contract, as the case may be, or who has been given notice thereunder the period of which has not expired, an amount equal to his salary for the period of such notice or the unexpired portion of such period, as the case may be:

Provided that if, in the case of a person under contract, his contract would have expired before the end of the period of such notice or the unexpired portion of such period, he shall be paid an amount equal to his salary in respect of the period until his contract would have expired.

(4) No payment in terms of this paragraph shall be made to—

(a)an officer or Prison officer who has accepted employment on contract with the Government of Nyasaland; or

(b)a member who has accepted employment on contract with the Government of Northern Rhodesia or Nyasaland; or

(c)a member who is transferred to the British Army or Royal Air Force; or

(d)an officer, Prison Officer or member who is serving on secondment with the Government of a Territory and who terminates his secondment; or

(e)an employee or person under contract who on the termination of his services with the Federal Government is employed by the Government of a Territory.