General Orders of the Turks and Caicos Islands Public Service ...

General Orders of the Turks and Caicos Islands Public Service - 1998 Edition8.4.5 Where a course of study for which the Officer would be suited and that would lead to aqualification that is needed by the Officer to perform in the Public Service, then study leave may begranted on application to the Chief Secretary to an Officer who:is nominated to attend the course of study; wishes to attend the course of study; andis granted a bursary or scholarship or other award to follow the course of study.8.4.6 If the course of study for which study leave is granted is held in the Islands or if it is heldoutside the Islands and its duration is less than ninety days then the Officer will be regarded as if he orshe were on duty. If the period of the course is more than ninety days the Officer will be required toutilise one half of the leave for which he or she is eligible and will be granted study leave on full payfor the balance of the course.8.4.7 An Officer who receives a bursary or other award to attend a course of study or is otherwiseaccepted for admission to a course but is not required by the Chief Secretary to attend the course mayapply for approval from the Chief Secretary to attend the course. In such a case the Officer may begranted study leave without pay for the full period of the course but an Officer who has not beenconfirmed in his or her Appointment will have to resign the Appointment to attend the course,provided in either case that the Officer may be granted the full amount of leave to which he or she iseligible.8.4.8 The grant of study leave will be subject to the execution of an agreement by the Officer toundertake to remain in the Public Service for a prescribed period after the expiry of his or her leave.The period will be one month for every two months of study leave granted with a minimum period oftwelve months and a maximum period of sixty months. The agreement may take the form of a bondwith or without sureties in default of which the Officer or his or her sureties will be liable to repay tothe Government all or part of any allowances, fares, fees, passages and salary paid to him or her duringthe period of the course as the Chief Secretary may prescribe.8.4.9 An Officer attending a course of study will be required to furnish to the Chief Secretary at suchperiods as may be prescribed, a certificate from the appropriate authority at the institution at which heor she is pursuing the course of study in proof of his or her regular attendance, of his or her diligenceand energy in his or her studies. If it is evident that the Officer has abandoned the course or if progressis so unsatisfactory that it would be in the public interest to do so, the Chief Secretary may cancel theremaining period of study leave and instruct the Officer to return to duty.8.4.10 Where an Officer is nominated by the Chief Secretary to attend a course of study and is grantedleave for that purpose his or her tuition fees will, unless such fees are included in any bursary or awardwhich is made, be paid by the Government. Where this course of study involves an examination by arecognised body then the Officer will be eligible for a refund of any examination fee that he or she haspaid, if he or she has passed the examination.Order 8.5Miscellaneous leave provisions8.5.1 Any leave for which an Officer may have been eligible which is outstanding at the date of hisor her death may be commuted for cash and paid to the Officer's estate.8.5.2 Leave granted on full or half pay counts as Pensionable service and service qualifying forpension. Leave granted without pay is qualifying service and does not break continuity of Pensionableservice but it counts as Pensionable only when granted on grounds of public policy.37