Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

18.   Secondment of public officer

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    (1)   The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry responsible for the public service may, with the approval of the Attorney General, by a written contract, set the terms and conditions of an attorney-at-law appointed under section 16 or a person employed by the Public Service Commission under section 17, seconded to the Special Prosecutor under subsection (2) or referred to under section 22.

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    (2)   A public officer or an employee of a statutory body may, with his or her written consent and the consent of his or her employer, be seconded to work with the Special Prosecutor.

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    (3)   Where a public officer is seconded from a pensionable office within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Pensions Act, to perform a service for the Special Prosecutor, the service, unless the Governor General otherwise decides, is pensionable.

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    (4)   Where a public officer is seconded under subsection (2), the right of the public officer seconded to a pension, gratuity or other allowance for which he or she would have been eligible had he or she remained in the public service, is preserved.