Legal Service (Personnel Boards) Order 2007

No. S 654

Constitution of the Republic of Singapore

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 111AA (1), (2) and (8) of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, the President, on the advice of the Prime Minister, hereby makes the following Order:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Legal Service (Personnel Boards) Order 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2007.

Definitions

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Chairman”, in relation to any Personnel Board, means the Chairman of the Personnel Board, and includes any person appointed as an alternate Chairman;

“Commission” means the Legal Service Commission;

“member”, in relation to a Personnel Board, includes the Chairman and an alternate member of any other member thereof;

“officer” means an officer of the Singapore Legal Service;

“Personnel Board” means the Special Personnel Board or the Senior Personnel Board established by this Order;

“promotion” means the substantive upgrading from one grade to a higher grade within the Legal Service Scheme of Service;

“threshold grade” means the grade specified in paragraph 3 for the purposes of Article 111AA(2)(b) of the Constitution;

“timescale officer” means an officer holding an appointment below Superscale grade;

“transfer” means a transfer, whether or not involving an increase in salary, of a public officer from the Singapore Legal Service to another Scheme of Service in the public service.

Made this 29th day of November 2007.

By Command,

LAU WAH MING

Secretary to the Cabinet,
Singapore.

[LSC/5.1.01; AG/LEG/SL/CONS/2005/9 Vol. 1]

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