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1 1/2006 LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOC ivil ServiceChap. 23:0121 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATIONCIVIL Service REGULATIONSARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONSCHAPTER of Regulations to of CIVIL IIIPART and Scientific limit of of married of of in the CIVIL of examination.[Subsidiary] CIVIL Service RegulationsLAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO22 Chap. 23:01 CIVIL ServiceARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS ContinuedREGULATIONPART IIPROBATIONARY on from on of to be observed during to of date when probation to be payment before approval by IVPART IPAYMENT, PENSIONS AND of pension a matter of high IICERTIFICATES OF Service AND VPART on first Service Regulations[Subsidiary] 1/2006 LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOC ivil ServiceChap. 23 within the to officer on of on acting date of first for officer on on when acting in higher when appointed to lower increments to be paid when acting in higher and increments after break in acting of one month s may authorise advance for other deduction from salary without VIPART ISEPARATION of family.

2 Of for temporary separation IISPECIAL TRAVEL of accommodation.[Subsidiary] CIVIL Service RegulationsLAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO24 Chap. 23:01 CIVIL ServiceARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS clothing of VIIHOURS OF of of may be required to attend when not to leave office without officers may be allowed to be absent from of office General to supply of foreign from IXPART ILEAVE AND LEAVE of annual leave to be annual absences from forfeiture of of annual leave earned while on Service Regulations[Subsidiary] 1/2006 LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOC ivil ServiceChap. 23 absence to be recorded as annual absence may be treated as leave without for annual of absence in certain of sick leave grant for study IILEAVE AND LEAVE PASSAGES EARNEDUNDER THE 1956 AND 1960 and leave passage earned by 31st December to proportionate part of long to proportionate part of annual of grant of long and leave passage under 1960 of long leave under 1960 leave not to be taken into account under 1960 under 1956 or 1960 Regulations shall not exclude Sundaysand Public XGOVERNMENT of of to reside in outlying to be charged for to occupy of of rent while on for Government to be supplied with applications.

3 [Subsidiary] CIVIL Service RegulationsLAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO26 Chap. 23:01 CIVIL ServiceARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS showing that quarters necessary in respect of departmental of departmental for quarters may be of former occupying quarters while on on leave may retain one room of dying while occupying to be made on vacating allowed before occupying of time before occupying of allocation of to to report on state of quarters, to be given before leaving to give occupation of of equipment in to be kept allowance when quarters under alterations by occupiers of liable for event of damage, officer to make good such reports on to be kept of long-distance XICODE OF of Service Regulations[Subsidiary] 1/2006 LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOC ivil ServiceChap. 23 without outside the not to publish s comment on questions of public not to solicit , to report criminal OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO28 Chap.

4 23:01 CIVIL Service [Subsidiary]* CIVIL Service REGULATIONS made under section 28 CHAPTER Regulations may be cited as the CivilService (1)In these Regulations acting appointment means the temporary appointment of anofficer to a higher office or otherwise whether that office isvacant or not; appointment means the appointment of a person in an office inthe CIVIL Service ; appropriate Commission means the Public Service Commissionor the Judicial and Legal Service Commission as isapplicable to and as defined in the Constitution of Trinidadand Tobago; Department means a department of government not underMinisterial control, and Departmental Head and Head ofDepartment shall be read and construed accordingly; office means any public office that is by the Act deemed to bean office in the CIVIL Service ; officer means CIVIL servant as defined in section 3(2) ofPart II of the CIVIL Service Act; posting means the assignment of an officer for duties within aMinistry or Department, not involving a change of office; prescribed form means such form as may from time to time beprescribed by the appropriate authority; promotion means the appointment of an officer to an office ina grade carrying a higher remuneration whether such officeis in the same Ministry or Department or not;122 [196/1971].

5 *These Regulations were amended by the following: GNs 84/1970, 190/1971, 196/1971, 142/1972,216/1973, 174/1976, 127/1977, 128/1977, 167/1977, 175/1978; Act No. 47 of 1980; LNs 81/1982,144/1984; 96/1985; 217/1996; 292 Service Regulations[Subsidiary] 1/2006 LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOC ivil ServiceChap. 23:0129 secondment means the temporary movement of an officerholding office in the CIVIL Service to an office or positionoutside the CIVIL Service , and includes the temporarymovement of a person from an office or position outside theCivil Service to an office within such Service ; temporary appointment means the appointment of a person toa temporary office or the appointment of a persontemporarily to a permanent office; transfer means the movement of an officer (a)from an office in one division of a Ministry to anoffice in another division; or(b)from an office in one Ministry to an office inanother; or(c)from an office in one Department to an office inanother Department; or(d)from an office in a Department to an office in aMinistry or vice versa.

6 (2)These Regulations are applicable to all officers, exceptin so far as (a)alternative provision is made for an officer in anywritten law or direction, applicable to the officeheld by such officer;(b)the officer is excluded by the terms of hisappointment from the operation of theseRegulations or any of them.(3)(a)In Chapter X, references to the Minister ofFinance and to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance shallbe read and construed as references to the appropriate Ministerand to the Permanent Secretary in the appropriate Ministryrespectively, wherever those expressions occur therein.(b)For the purposes of Chapter X the appropriateMinister is the member of the Cabinet to whom responsibility forthe allocation and control of Government quarters is assigned.[Subsidiary] CIVIL Service RegulationsLAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO30 Chap.

7 23:01 CIVIL copy of these Regulations shall be transmitted to everyofficer on first appointment by the Commission by which he wasappointed together with his letter of CIVIL Service shall comprise the following classes:(a)Administrative Class comprising the publicoffices specified in Part I of the Schedule;(b)Professional and Scientific comprising the publicoffices specified in Part II of the Schedule;(c)Technical Class comprising the public officesspecified in Part III of the Schedule;(d)Clerical Class comprising the public officesspecified in Part IV of the Schedule;(e)Secretarial Class comprising the public officesspecified in Part V of the Schedule;(f)Manipulative Class comprising the public officesspecified in Part VI of the IIIPART IRECRUITMENT5.(1)Entry into the Clerical Class shall normally be in thegrade of Clerk I and candidates for appointment to such gradeshall not be less than seventeen and not more than twenty-threeyears of age on the date of appointment, subject to the provisionsof subregulation (1A).

8 (1A)Whereas at 30th November, 2000, a person is holdingan appointment as Clerk I in the CIVIL Service in a temporarycapacity and has been so employed for a continuous period of twoyears or more on the above-mentioned date, that person is eligiblewhen a vacancy arises for permanent appointment to such officenotwithstanding subregulation (1).Copy ofRegulations ofCivil Class.[216/1973292/2000]. CIVIL Service Regulations[Subsidiary] 1/2006 LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOC ivil ServiceChap. 23:0131(2)Candidates shall posses at least five GeneralCertificate of Education O Level passes, one of which must bein English language.(3)(4)(5)(a)Officers in Manipulative or Secretarial classesshall be eligible for promotion or transfer to the Clerical Class,subject to the passing of a competitive examination, including aninterview, set for the purpose.(b)A certain number of vacancies in the class ofClerk I shall each year be reserved to be filled by promotion ortransfer from the Manipulative or Secretarial classes.

9 If in any yearreserved vacancies cannot be filled by promotion or transfers fromthe Manipulative or Secretarial classes, the vacancies shall be filledby recruitment to the CIVIL Service in the prescribed manner.(c)Promotions or transfers to vacancies reserved inaccordance with paragraph (b) shall be made by the appropriateCommission on the basis of the order of merit of the candidateswho have passed the prescribed (1)A candidate for appointment as Clerk/Stenographershall be not less than seventeen and not more than fifty years ofage on 1st January of the year in which the examination is held.(2)Candidates will be required to pass (a)a qualifying written examination in (i)English language which shall include a testto disclose their competence in spelling,vocabulary and grammar;(ii)General Knowledge;(b)an examination in shorthand and typewriting totest their ability to write shorthand at the rate of100 words per minute and to typewrite at the rateof 50 words per minute.

10 }(Revoked by LN 292/2000).Clerk/Stenographer.[142/197296 /1985].[Subsidiary] CIVIL Service RegulationsLAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO32 Chap. 23:01 CIVIL Service (3)A candidate who has obtained a credit in English inthe School Certificate or a pass in English at Ordinary Level in theGeneral Certificate of Education, or holds some equivalentqualification in English, may be exempted from the writtenexamination in English language but shall be required to take thewritten examination in General (1)A candidate for appointment as Clerk/Typist shallbe not less than seventeen and not more than fifty years of ageon 1st January of the year in which the examination is held.(2)Candidates will be required to take (a)a qualifying written examination in (i)English language which shall include a testto disclose their competence in spelling,vocabulary and grammar;(ii)General Knowledge;(b)an examination in typewriting to test their abilityto typewrite at the rate of 45 words per minute.