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(vii) deleting the words "The Secretary will inform the Establishment
 Officer of appointments authorised by the Commission .and of the
 initial rate of salary approved" appearing in lines five, six and
 seven of regulation 16 and replacing them with the following:-
 "The Chief Personnel Officer will inform the appropriate Per-
 manent Secretary and/Head of Department of appointments
 authorised by the Conmmission and of the initial rate of salary
 approved";
(viii) deleting the figures "20" appearing in line 4 of regulation 22(1)
 and substituting therefore the figures "19";
 (ix) (a) inserting the words, "in the case of an officer on first appoint-
 ment" at the beginning of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph
 (2) of regulation 28;
 (b) inserting the words "in the case of an officer promoted on
 probation from a non-pensionable to a pensionable post" at
 the beginning of sub-paragraph (d) of regulation 28;
 (c) substituting the following for paragraph (6) of regulation
 28:-
 (6) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this regulation
 or the provisions of any other of these Regulations, in
 the case of an officer on first appointment, the appoint-
 ment of an officer made in accordance with paragraph
 (1) of this regulation or with any similar regulation
 previously in force may at any time during the period
 of probation and without any reason being given, be ter-
 ninated by the Coninmission and the service of an officer
 promoted on probation may, at any time, be terminated
 for any of the reasons stated in sub-paragraphs IV to
 VIII of'paragraph (b) of regulation 31;
 (x) adding the following new section 28A immediately after regula-
 tion 28:-
 "Probation 28A. (1) This regulation applies to any officer
 -on promo- promoted from one pensionable office to another pen-
 tioniro1b sionable office who is required by the Commission tb
 office to serve for a fixed probationary period.
 pensionable
 office.
 (2) If the probationary 'period is for two
 years, at the end of the first six months, and again
 after a period of twelve months, the 'Permanent Sec-
 retary or Head of the D.-pairtn.iit shall submit to the
 Chief Personnel Officer a report-on-- the officer pro-
 moted on probation;. One month before the end of