Development Planning Act (Cap. 552), article 16

16. (1) Where any public officer is detailed for duty with the Authority under any of the provisions of article 15, such offic er shall, during the time in which such direction has effect in re lation to him, be under the administrative authority and control of th e Executive Council but he shall for all intents and purposes rem ain and be considered and treated as a public officer. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, an officer detailed for duty as aforesaid: (a) shall not during the time in respect of which he is so detailed: (i) be precluded from applying for a transfer to a department of the Government in accordance with the terms and conditions of service attached to the appointment held by him under the Government on the date on which he was so 12 [CAP. 552. DEVELOPMENT PLANNING detailed for duty; or (ii) receive remuneration and be subject to conditions of service which are less favourable than those attached to the appointment under the Government held by him on the date aforesaid or which would have become attached to such appointment, during the said period, had such officer not been detailed for duty with the Authority; and Cap. 93. Cap. 58. (b) shall be entitled to have his service with the Authority considered as service with the Government for the purposes of any pension, gratuity, or benefit under the Pensions Ordinance and the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Act and for the purpose of any other right or privilege to which he would have been entitled, and liable to any liability to which he would have been liable, but for the fact of his being detailed for duty with the Authority. (3) Where an application is made as provided in sub-article (2)( a)(i) the same consideration shall be given thereto as if the applicant had not been detailed for service with the Authority. (4) The Authority shall pay to the Government such contributions as may from time to time be determined by the Minister responsible for finance in respect of the cost of pensions and gratuities earned by an officer detailed for duty with the Authority as aforesaid during the period in which he is so deta iled. Offer of permanent employment with the Authority to public officers detailed for duty with the Authority.