LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
CONSOLIDATED EDITION 2006

Commencement: 24 May 1982

CHAPTER 144
PUBLIC SERVICE (LOCALISATION)

Act 10 of 1982
Act 25 of 1982

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION

1.	Compulsory retirement of non-citizen public officers
2.	Severance payment

PUBLIC SERVICE (LOCALISATION)

To provide for compulsory retirement of non-citizen public officers as provided for in Article 90(2) of the Constitution.

1. Compulsory retirement of non-citizen public officers

(1) The Prime Minister may compulsorily retire any non-citizen member of the Public Service serving on permanent terms of service.

(2) Notice of compulsory retirement shall be given by or on behalf of the Prime Minister in writing to an officer to whom subsection (1) applies.

(3) The notice referred to in subsection (2) shall state the day on which the officer to whom it is given shall be retired which shall be not less than 3 months after the day on which the notice is given to the officer.

2. Severance payment

(1) An officer retired in accordance with section 1 shall be entitled to receive from the Government a severance payment which shall be a sum calculated at the rate of 1 month of the annual salary payable to the officer immediately before the day of retirement for each year served with the New Hebrides Government and the Vanuatu Government since the first day of January 1979.

(2) Where the service of an officer to whom subsection (1) applies includes a period of less than a year the officer shall be paid for that period a sum calculated by multiplying the number of days in that period of 1 month’s salary and dividing the sum by 365.