Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [‎66r] (131/669)

15. The .permissions required for the grant of sick
leave are the same as those described in paragraph 2
of this Regulation. In the case of officers serving
abroad, no reference need be made to the Foreign
Office for any period of sick leave not exceeding 14
days.
16. The Secretary of State may require further
medical certificates or periodical medical certificates
reporting progress where he considers it desirable.
17. Sick leave on full pay may be granted for a
period or periods not exceeding six months in the
a Rg re g a te during any period of twelve months. An
officer who has had sick leave on full pay for the
maximum period may be granted sick leave on half
pay, subject always to a maximum of twelve months’
sick leave (whether on whole or half pay) in any
period of four years.
Comment.
Sick leave for periods not exceeding four days
covered by a medical certificate (see paragraphs 14
and 15) are counted for the purpose of the appli
cation of paragraph 17 above.
18. Where an officer has been granted the maximum
amount of sick leave which can be granted on full or
half pay, the grant of further sick leave will be con
ditional on the receipt by the Secretary of State of
a reliable medical certificate showing that the officer
is considered likely to be able to resume his duties
within a reasonable period. If further sick leave
is granted, the officer may be paid a salary at the
rate not exceeding the amount of pension (if any)
for which he would have been qualified if he had
retired for reasons of health at the time when his
period of sick leave expired (hereafter referred to as
pension rate of pay); or on half pay if this would
be less than pension rate of pay. If the officer is
unable to furnish a medical certificate as described
above his retirement from the Service on grounds of
ill-health will have to be considered.
Comment.
(1) Sick leave in excess of twelve months during
any period of four years will not qualify for annual
increments of salary, or for pension on retirement.
(2) See paragraph 9 of this Regulation as to the
taking of accrued ordinary leave at the end of
sick leave in the case of an officer serving abroad.
(3) See paragraph 3 (c) of this Regulation as
regards officers falling sick during their ordinary
leave.
Ill-—Leave [General).
.19. Every officer serving abroad must inform the
Personnel Department, in advance if possible, of the
date on which he intends to proceed on ordinary,
sick or special leave, and of the address to which he
is going. Every subsequent change of address must
be reported to that Department.
20. Every officer serving abroad must inform the
Personnel Department in advance of the date on
which he intends to leave the United Kingdom in
order to return to his post from leave.
21. The actual dates of every officer’s departure
from his post and on leave and of his return must
be officially reported to the Foreign Office bv tele
gram in the case of heads of posts and by despatch
in other cases.
22. When circumstances permit, officers will be
expected to spend their ordinary leave in the United
Kingdom in order that they may keep in touch
with developments in this country. They will .be
expected to undertake such tours or refresher courses
and to pay such visits to Government Departments
in London as are required of them. Time spent in
this way will not count against leave. Officers will,
during the period of such tours and visits, be eligible
for subsistence allowance at the home rates. (See
Regulation No. 7.)
FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 7.
TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES.
r. This regulation applies exclusively to members
of Branch A of the Service.
2. Whenever an officer makes a journey on public
Service, the amount of the fares by rail, ship, air
craft or motor car, as the case may be, for the
journey in question by the approved route will be
payable to him.
Comment.
The " approved route ” means the route
approved for the particular journey in question.
In many cases there is a standard route for
journeys, between different countries which will be
the “ approved route.” An officer who makes the
journey by a route other than the approved route
[e.g., travels by air or in his own car when the
approved route is by rail, &c.) will not be able
to claim more than the amount payable for a
journey by the approved route. On the other
hand, if the route which he takes is cheaper than
the approved route he will not be able to claim
more than the actual expenses incurred.
3. Journeys on the public Service include:—
(a) Any journey made by an officer serving at
home or abroad for the purpose of attending an inter
national conference or discussion or consultation, or
of making a tour or visit, which the officer makes
with the authority of the Secretary of State.
Comment.
The Secretary of State may delegate to the Head
of a Diplomatic Mission authority to sanction
journeys by members of the Service in the terri
tories within his jurisdiction.
(b) Any journey from the United Kingdom made
by an officer to his post abroad on his appoint
ment to such post.
(c) Any journey to his new post made by an
officer on transfer from the place where the officer
was previously serving or, if he was on leave
at the time of transfer, from the place where he
was spending his leave. If, however, the journey
from the place where he was spending his leave is
more expensive than the journey from his previous
post, the officer will not be able to claim more than
the amount payable in respect of a journey from the
United Kingdom or from his previous post as the
Secretary of State may decide.
(d) Where the journey in the cases referred to in
(b) and (c) above is made by an officer who is being
moved at his own request before the completion of
3 years’ service at his post or by an officer who is
being moved on account of misconduct, the officer
would not be entitled to be repaid the cost of his
travelling expenses.
4. The amount of the fares by rail, ship, aircraft
or motor car, as the case may be, by an approved
route, will be payable to an officer serving abroad:—
(a) If he is proceeding from or returning to his
post during ordinary leave, in the cases specified in
paragraph 5 below.
(b) If he is proceeding from or returning to his post
during sick leave, in the cases specified in para
graph 6 below.
(c) If he is retiring on pension and is proceeding
from his post to his place of retirement. If the
journey to the place of his retirement is a more ex
pensive journey than a journey to the United King
dom, the officer will not be entitled to claim more
than would be payable in respect of the journey to
the United Kingdom.
(d) An officer who retires in circumstances where
he is not granteil a pension (t.e., at his own request
or for misconduct) may not claim any travelling
allowances on retirement.
5. An officer will only be entitled to receive the
amount of fares in the cases referred to in para
graph 4 (a) above (ordinary leave) after 24 months’
service at his post or, in the case of officers serving
at certain posts or in certain countries which are
regarded as unhealthy for purposes of leave, after
18 months' service. Where leave is taken in a
country other than the United Kingdom, the amounts
payable, in respect of fares will not usually be paid
from public funds and will only be allowed if the
Secretary of State decides that payment from public
funds is warranted by the special circumstances of
the. case and, in any case, will not exceed those
which would be payable in respect of a journey to
or from the United Kingdom bv an approved route.
If, however, the amount of the fares to or from
the place at which leave is being taken is less than
the amount of the fares for a journey to the United
Kingdom, the officer will not receive more than the
amount of the fares for the journey actually taken.
Comment.
An officer who receives travelling expenses for
the purpose of proceeding on leave to the United
Kingdom may be required during his sfay to visit
industrial areas, to study aspects of the national
life on which it is his duty to be informed, or to
consult with Government Departments. Any time
so spent will be additional to authorised leave.
6. In the cases referred to in paragraph 4 (b)
above (sick leave), the Secretary of State may at his
discretion allow the payment to the officer of the
amount of the fares from his post to such place as