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Overseas Service Act 1961

As Enacted Cited authorities 1 Cited in Amendments 4 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1961 c. 10
Year1961


Overseas Service Act, 1961

(9 & 10 Eliz. 2) CHAPTER 10

An Act to authorise the Secretary of State to contribute to the expenses incurred in connection with the employment of persons in the public services of overseas territories or in respect of compensation paid to persons who are or have been employed in those services.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

S-1 Power to contribute to expenses

1 Power to contribute to expenses

(1) The Secretary of State may enter into agreements with governments of overseas territories for reimbursing those governments, to the extent specified in the agreements, in respect of such expenses incurred by them—

(a ) in connection with the employment in the public services of their territories of persons designated by him in accordance with the agreements; or

(b ) in respect of compensation paid to persons so designated who are or have been employed in those services,

as may be specified in the agreements; and may out of moneys provided by Parliament make any payments falling to be made under the agreements.

(2) No such agreement shall be entered into, and no person shall be designated under such an agreement, except with the consent of the Treasury.

(3) The consent of the Treasury to the designation of any person under such an agreement may be given generally in respect of persons of such descriptions, and subject to such limitations (if any), as may be specified in the consent.

(4) Subsections (1) to (3) of section seven of the Overseas Service Act, 1958 , shall apply to the interpretation of this section as if it were contained in that Act.

S-2 Short title.

2 Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as theOverseas Service Act, 1961.

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