S.L. 595.32 Art. 12Detailing of public officers.

(1) The Prime Minister may at the request of the

Agency from time to time direct that any public officer shall be detailed for duty with the Agency in such capacity and with effect from such date as may be specified in the said direction:

Provided that, the Prime Minister may at any time revoke such direction.

(2) Where any public officer is detailed for duty with the Agency, such officer shall, during the time in which such direction is in force, be under the administrative direction and control of the Agency but shall otherwise remain, and retain all rights and duties as, a public officer, and for the purposes of any law relating to Government service pensions, service with the Agency shall be deemed to be service with the Government.

(3) Any public officer serving in the Agency on the date of the coming into force of this order shall from such date be deemed to have been detailed by direction of the Prime Minister for duty with the Agency as a Government agency under the provisions of article 11, and thereupon the provisions of the same article shall apply to such officer who shall continue to be detailed for duty as aforesaid until such time as the Prime Minister may revoke such direction as provided in sub-article (1):

Provided that where the Prime Minister revokes any direction as aforesaid the officer in whose respect the direction is revoked shall retain such grade in the public service which he held immediately before being detailed for duty with the Agency as a Government agency by virtue of this order or shall occupy such other higher grade which he would have occupied had he not been detailed as aforesaid.