AI-assisted research summary: This bill amends the Public Service Salary Act, 2013 so the salary table continues to apply only to specified constitutional posts and related positions in the Second Schedule.
[5th April 202 3 ] Pub lic Service Salary (Amendment) 1 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL PUBLIC SERVICE SALARY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2023 (Bill No. 2 of 2023) EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF OBJECTS OF AND REASONS FOR THE BILL The object of this Bill is to amend the Public Service Salary Act, 2013 in order to sever the provisions for salary payable to public officers generally from the ambit of the Act, and retain only the salary payable to those occupying specified constitutional posts. Upon the enactment of this Bill, the Public Service Salary Table shall continue to apply in respect of the officers occupying constitutional posts as specified under the Second Schedule until the salary review in relation to them is completed. For that reason, the definition of “public service” has been amended to restrict the application of the Bill to those categories of officers. Dated this 5th day of April, 2023. FRANK D. R. ALLY ATTORNEY GENERAL ——————— [5th April 202 3 ] Pub lic Service Salary (Amendment) 2 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL PUBLIC SERVICE SALARY (AMENDMENT)BILL, 2023 (Bill No. 2 of 2023) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTIONS 1. Short title 2. Amendment of section 1 3. Amendment of section 2 4. Repeal of section 3 5. Amendment of section 4 6. Repeal of section 5 7. Repeal of section 6 8. Repeal of section 7 9. Repeal of section 8 10. Repeal of section 9 11. Repeal of section 10 12. Amendment of the First Schedule 13. Amendment of the Second Schedule [5th April 202 3 ] Pub lic Service Salary (Amendment) 3 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL PUBLIC SERVICE SALARY (AMENDMENT)BILL, 2023 (Bill No. 2 of 2023) A BILL FOR AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE SALARY ACT. ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly. PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Public Service Salary (Amendment) Act, 2023, and amends the Public Service Salary Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”). [5th April 202 3 ] Pub lic Service Salary (Amendment) 4 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Amendment of section 1 2. Section 1 of the principal Act is amended by repealing subsections (2) and (3). Amendment of section 2 3. Section 2 of the principal Act is repealed and substituted with the following new section — “Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “Minister” means the Minister responsible for public administration; “public service” means employment in the Government of the Republic of Seychelles and occupying any of the positions specified in the Second Schedule; “Public Service Salary Table” means the salary table referred to in section 4; “salary band” means a salary band as specified in the Public Service Salary Table.” Repeal of section 3 4. Section 3 of the principal Act is repealed. Amendment of section 4 5. Section 4 of the principal Act is amended — (a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting it with the following — “(1) The salary table in the First Schedule shall apply to the positions specified in the Second Schedule.”; and (b) by repealing subsections (3) and (4). [5th April 202 3 ] Pub lic Service Salary (Amendment) 5 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Repeal of section 5 6. Section 5 of the principal Act is repealed. Repeal of section 6 7. Section 6 of the principal Act is repealed. Repeal of section 7 8. Section 7 of the principal Act is repealed. Repeal of section 8 9. Section 8 of the principal Act is repealed. Repeal of section 9 10. Section 9 of the principal Act is repealed. Repeal of section 10 11. Section 10 of the principal Act is repealed. Amendment of the First Schedule 12. The First Schedule to the principal Act is amended by deleting the enacting sections “[Sections 2(e) 4(1)]” and substituting with “[Sections 2 and 4(1)]”. Second Schedule 13. The Second Schedule to the principal Act is amended — (a) by deleting the enacting sections “[Sections 1(3) and 5(8) and (9)]” and substituting them with “[Section 4(1)]”; and (b) in Part A by inserting after item 10, the following new item — “11. Ambassador, High Commissioner and other principal representatives”.