Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [‎67v] (134/669)

2. The rent allowance becomes payable from the
date whe i an officer arrives at his post unless he
is granted a subsistence allowance, in which case it
becomes payable when this allowance terminates.
Subject to paragraph 4 below, rent allowance ceases
to be. payable on the day on which the officer leaves
his post cm termination of his appointment.
3. An officer who is unable ito find suitable accom-
mcdation immediately on arrival at his new post
may be allowed to claim, in lieu of foreign and rent
allowances, subsistence allowance for himself and for
each member of his familv (including servants) for
whom fares are payable from public funds, for a
period not normally exceeding 28 davs and at the
rates specified in paragraph 10 of Regulation No. 7.
4. Where an officer who has been granted a rent
allowance is transferred to another post otherwise
than at his own request and can shew that he has
been unable to dispose of the lease of his residence,
he will be allowed to claim, as compensation for the
rent for which he is liable, a sum which shall not
exceed the rent allowance previously granted to him,
for a period which will be determined by the Secre
tary of State but which will not exceed three months
except in special cases.
5. An officer w'ho has been granted a rent allow
ance may receive that allowance during the periods
of authorised absence if the Secretary of State is
satisfied that he has not been able to sub-let.
Comment.
Officers who rent accommodation must furnish a
certificate from the Head of the Diplomatic Mis
sion or the Superintending consular officer—as the
case may be—that they have made the most
economical arrangements consistent with their
rank and requirements. They must themselves
defray any additional expenditure on rent which
may be caused by maintaining larger or more
expensive establishments than are necessary. They
must also endeavour to obtain a clause (known as
a “ diplomatic clause ”) in the lease enabling
them to terminate it at short notice in the event
of transfer before its expiry.
FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 9.
LANGUAGE ALLOWANCES.
r. A language allowance of £100 a year (taxable)
will be payable to any officer of Branch A of the
Foreign Service of the rank of Grade 6 or below- (i.e.,
of the rank of Counsellor, Consul-General or below)
who is certified by the Civil Service Commission to
have passed an examination in and to possess a
competent knowledge, colloquial and otherwise, for
ordinary purposes, of any of the following
languages: —
Class I.
Chinese. Siamese. Arabic.
Japanese. Amharic. Persian.
FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 10.
TRANSFERS AND PROMOTIONS.
This regulation applies to members of Branch A
of the Foreign Service.
1. In regard to all appointments whatever in the
Service, the Secretary of State will be free to make
any such selection as, on his ow-n responsibility, he
may deem right w-ithout being bound by claims
founded on seniority or on membership of the
Service.
Comments.
(1) The Secretary of State is not bound by the
recommendations referred to in paragraphs 3 and
4 below.
(2) In accordance w-ith Article 5 (3) of the
Foreign Service Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1943, the
secondment or appointment of Foreign Service
officers to posts outside the Foreign Service will
not be excluded when it can be showm to be useful
to the public service.
2. All members of the Service, whether married or
unmarried, must be prepared to go to any post at
which their services may be required.
Comment.
When appointments and transfers are made
account will be taken, so far as possible, of the
circumstances and w-ishes of the individual;
members of the Service will, however, be expected,
save in exceptional circumstances, to regard an
intimation that they are to be transferred to a
certain post as an order and not as a request.
3. Recommendations for transfers and promotions
m or to Grade 6 or higher grades will be made to
the Secretary of State by the Promotions Board.
Comment.
The Promotions Board will be convened by the
Permanent Under-Secretary as and when he con
siders it desirable for the purpose of advising the
Secretary of State on appointments to higher posts
in the Service as well as on other administrative
or disciplinary questions. The Board will sit under
the Chairmanship of the Permanent Under-
Secfetary of State and will ordinarily consist of
the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the
Deputy and Assistant Under-Secretaries of State,
the head of the Personnel Department, and the
Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of
State. The President of the Board of Trade w-ill
be represented when appropriate.
1 „— , <010 promotion
k 1 0 Ii, t0 ^ ,;acles 7 - 8 and 9 of Branch A will be mad
by the Personnel Department in consultation witl
,, e ! nv ate Secretary to the Secretary of State an<
the head of Department and Under-Secretary con
cerned. These recommendations will be subject tc
the approval of the Deputy Under-Secretary of Stab
for Administration. 7
Bulgarian.
Czecho-Slovak.
Finnish.
Hungarian.
Modern Greek.
Polish.
Russian.
Serbo-Croatian.
Turkish.
2. The allowance may be increased to £200 a year
(taxable) to officers who acquire a high standard of
proficiency, sufficient to enable them to act as
interpreters, in any of the languages in Class I.
Comment.
(1) Members of Branch A of the Foreign
Service will be expected, wherever possible, to
learn the language of the countrv in w-hich they
are posted.
(2) Candidates for any of the allow-ances
specified in this Regulation will normally be
required to pay their own teachers’ fees, except
n the case of those officers w r ho on first appoint
ment abroad are instructed to devote themselves
primarily to acquiring a thorough knowledge of
Chinese Japanese, Siamese, Persian, Russian,
Arabic, Turkish or Amharic.
(3) Officers who learn a language (other than
rench) for which no annual allowance is payable
sca^e bC allowed teachers ' fees on a reasonable
3 - Language allowances will be payable only while
the officer holds a post in a country where the
language for which he has been granted an allow
ance is in current use.
Comment.
Not more than one such allowance will be pay
able under the provisions of this paragraph.
DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS.
I 'T"( i ) Pi 8 Regulation applies to all cases wher
member of the Service is accused of a disciplin
offence It does not apply to cases where an off
is merely admonished.
(ii) (a) In this Regulation the expression " 1
ciphnary offence ” means conduct by a member
the Service prejudicial to the interests of the Sen
or unbefitting the position which he holds in
Service, or disobedience of official instructions
or C wi a th ha / aCte / tha r t a warnin g o r a reprimand w
or without a transfer to another post may be
appropriate penalty. ^
Jb) In this Regulation a “ grave disciplin
offence means a disciplinary offence w-hich in
opinion of the Secretary of State, is of so seriou
character that dismissal from the Service or a red
tion in rank or a loss of senioritv may be an apr
priate penalty. y
Comment to paragraph 1 (ii) ( a ) and (b)—
It is not possible or desirable to attempt to
down rules which determine in all circumstan
hat conduct constitutes a disciplinary offence
R ^rave disciplinary offence nor the penalty t
w-ould be appropriate. There are certain Joui
ra whlch . are reprehensible whatever
rank of the member; in other cases conduct n
be reprehensible if the member holds a high pt
but less serious when the member is of jur
status. There are also courses of conduct wh
may most appropriately be dealt with by the H<
of the Post at which the officer is serving