The constitution and laws of Barbados
Appointment, etc., of principal representatives abroad and subordinate staff
100. 1. Power to make appointments to the offices to which this section
applies and to remove persons holding or acting in such offices shall vest in
the Governor General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime
Minister.
2. Before tendering advice for the purposes of this section in relation to any
person who holds any public office other than an office to which this section
applies, the Prime Minister shall consult the appropriate Service Commission.
3. This section applies to the office of Ambassador, High Commissioner or other
principal representative of Barbados in any other country or accredited to any
international organization.
4. Before the Judicial and Legal Service Commission or the Public Service
Commission advises the Governor General under section 93 or, as the case may
be, section 94 to appoint any person to any subordinate overseas office, the
Commission shall consult the permanent secretary (as defined in section 99(3))
of the department responsible for the external affairs of Barbados.
5. In this section -
"appropriate Service Commission" means -
a. in relation to a person who holds an office in the Police Force, the Police
Service Commission;
b. in relation to a person who holds an office to which section 93 applies as
respects power to remove and exercise disciplinary control over any person
holding or acting in that office, the Judicial and Legal Service Commission;
and
c. in relation to any other person, the Public Service Commission; "subordinate
overseas office" means an office on the staff of any officer mentioned in
subsection (3) which is pensionable for the purposes of any law providing for
the grant of pensions in respect of service in the public service.
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