ESSENTIAL SERVICES CORPS (GENERAL) REGULATIONS

ESSENTIAL SERVICES CORPS (GENERAL) REGULATIONS

ESSENTIAL SERVICES CORPS (GENERAL) REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Regulation.................................. Page

1. Citation ................................. ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2
2. Interpretation ........................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2

3. Appointment of Commissioner. Powers.... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2

4. Enrolment ............................. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

5. Medical examination of members of the Corps ... ... ... ... ... A4

6. Cancellation of enrolment ............. ... ... ... ... ... ... A 5

7. Medical attention ........................ ... ... ... ... ... ... A 5

8. Formation of Units and Sub-Units ......... ... ... ... ... ... A 5

9. Requirements for efficiency .............. ... ... ... ... ... ... A 5

10........................................Appointment of Unit and Sub-Unit Controllers. Duties and powers A 6

11..............................Absence from the Colony and change of address ... ... ... ... A 6

12.........Equipment ........................ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 6

13.....................Duties of members of the Corps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 7

14.........................Resignation from membership of Corps ... ... ... ... ... ... A 7

15.....................................Termination of appointment of Unit Controller, and discharge ... A 8

16.........................Discharge from membership of the Corps ... ... ... ... ... ... A 8
17.........................Pensions. Disabled members. Widows ... ... ... ... ... ... A 8

18..................Calling out for active service ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 8

19............................Power of Controller to make limited call out ... ... ... ... ... A 9

First Schedule. Adaptations and Modiffications ... ... ... ... ... ... A 9

Second Schedule. Forms ........................... ... ... ... ... ... ... A10

Third Schedule........................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... All





ESSENTIAL SERVICES CORPS (GENERAL)
REGULATIONS

(Cap. 197, section 7)

[6th January, 1950.1

1. These regulations may be cited as the Essential Services Corps
(General) Regulations.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

'active service' means service pursuant to a call out under regulation 18
or 19;

'Commissioner' means the person appointed to be Commissioner of the
Essential Services Corps under regulation 3;

,,emergency' means any occasion upon which all or any part of the
Corps is called out for active service in accordance with regulation
18;

Clequipment- means arms, ammunition, clothing, armlets, badges, steel
helmets and other appointments being the property of the
Government issued to a member of the Corps;

,,essential service' means any service declared to be an essential service
in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Ordinance;

'member of the Corps' or 'member' means the Commissioner and every
person who has enrolled in the Corps and whose enrolment has not
been cancelled;

'training' means duty, not being active service, pursuant to an order of
the Commissioner or a Unit or Sub-Unit Controller;

'training period' means a period of training of one hour's duration;

'Unit' and 'Sub-Unit- means a sub-division of the Corps constituted
under regulation 8;

'Unit Controller' or 'Sub-Unit Controller' means a member of the Corps
for the time being entrusted with the control of a Unit or Sub-Unit
of the Corps under regulation 10;

,'volunteer member of the Corps' or 'volunteer' means a member of the
Corps other than a person upon whom a liability to enrol in the
Corps has been imposed by section 15 of the Compulsory Service
Ordinance.

3. (1) The Corps shall be under the control and administration of a
Commissioner appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.





(2) For the purposes of such control and administration the
Commissioner may

(a)issue orders as he may think fit for the general direction of the
Unit or Sub-Units and for routine duties of the Corps;

(b)assign any member of the Corps, other than a Unit Controller
or Sub-Unit Controller, to any Unit or SubUnit in the Corps for
any essential service for which his medical classification and
his abilities and qualifications fit him.

(3) The Commissioner may establish a Unit to be known as the
Reserve Unit to which he shall assign any person classified Category B
under the provisions of regulation 5(1). The provisions of these
regulations shall be applicable to every member of the Reserve Unit with
the following modifications

(a)the provisions of regulation 9 shall not be applicable to any
member of the Reserve Unit;

(b)no member of the Reserve Unit when called out for active
service shall be required to perform any duties more arduous
than those required in the performance of the duties of the
normal employment on which he was engaged at the time he
was called out for active service;

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(c)when called out for active service, members of the Reserve
Unit may be instructed by the Commissioner to report for duty
with any other Unit or Sub-Unit of the Corps, and shall,
subject only to the provisions of sub-paragraph (b), thereupon
be considered in all respects to be members of the Unit or Sub-
Unit to which they have been instructed to report;

(d)no member of the Reserve Unit shall be bound to comply with
the provisions of regulation 18(2) until instructed to do so by
the Commissioner. Such instructions may be conveyed by the
Commissioner either verbally or in writing in any manner which
appears to him to be most convenient;

(e)in the absence of any other appointment made under the
provisions of regulation 10, the Commissioner shall be deemed
to be Unit Controller of the Reserve Unit;

the Commissioner may require any person posted to the
Reserve Unit to re-submit himself for medical examination at
any time and, if on re-examination he is classified Category A
in accordance with the provisions of regulation 5, may
reassign him to any Unit or Sub-Unit of the Corps.

4. (1) Application may be made to the Commissioner for enrolment
as a member of the Corps by any person of either sex being over the age
of 16 years.





(2) Application shall be made upon completion of a form provided
by the Commissioner.

(3) The Commissioner may in his discretion accept or reject any
application made by a person desiring to enrol as a volunteer but shall
after the making of the declaration provided for by paragraph (4) enrol in
Corps all persons upon whom a liability to enrol therein has been
imposed by section 15 of the Compulsory Services Ordinance.

(4) The declaration in Form 1 in the Second Schedule shall be
signed by every person prior to enrolment therein.

(5) Upon the making of such declaration, the declarant shall
thereupon be enrolled and become a member of the Corps and a
certificate of enrolment in Form II in the Second Schedule shall be
signed by the Commissioner and supplied to the applicant.

5. (1) The following medical categories shall be applicable to a
member of the Corps enrolled for service in

(a) the Civil Aid Services Unit;

(b) the Auxiliary Fire Services Unit; or

(c) the Auxiliary Medical Services Unit

Category A: Fit for service in the Essential Services Corps.

Category B: Fit for service in the Reserve Unit only.

(2) Every volunteer for enrolment in a Unit specified in paragraph
(1) shall, unless exempted under paragraph (5), before enrolment be
requested to submit to a medical examination.

(3) A volunteer for enrolment in a Unit specified in paragraph (1)
who declines to undergo medical examination, when requested so to do,
shall be required to sign a statement in Form III in the Second Schedule.

(4) If a member enrolled in a Unit specified in paragraph (1) who is
required for any reason to undergo medical examination, fails to pass
such examination, but wishes to remain a member of the Corps, he shall
be required to sign a statement in Form IV in the Second Schedule,
before his application to remain a member can be considered.

(5) The Commissioner may on the advice of the Director of Medical
and Health Services and with the consent of such volunteer, exempt
from the provisions of paragraph (2) any volunteer for enrolment in a
Unit specified in paragraph (1), who is a public servant and whose
medical condition is in the opinion of the Director of Medical and Health
Services sufficiently well known to the Government medical authorities
to enable them to classify him in one of the medical categories
prescribed by paragraph (1).





6. (1) Upon the death of a member or the resignation or discharge of
a member from membership of the Corps the Commissioner shall cause
the enrolment of such member to be cancelled.

(2) In the case of the resignation or discharge of a member a
certificate of cancellation in Form V in the Second Schedule shall be
signed by the Commissioner and supplied to such member.

7. A member of the Corps who, when called out for active service or
in training sustains a wound or injury or contracts an illness, which, in
the opinion of a medical officer is attributable to or aggravated by such
service, shall be granted free medical treatment by the Government
medical services and, if admitted to a Government hospital, free
maintenance therein and during the period of such treatment and until
cancellation of the enrolment of such member shall receive full pay and
allowances payable to such member.

8. The Corps shall consist of such Units and Sub-Units as may
from time to time be determined by the Governor.

9. (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) every
member who fails without reasonable excuse to complete the
requirements of efficiency in any year shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months.

(2) No member shall be liable to prosecution under paragraph (1) in
respect of the year during which he attains the age of 60 years if he
proposes to resign membership of the Corps in accordance with the
provisions of regulation 14(4).

(3) If any volunteer other than a person referred to in paragraph (2)
quits the Corps without completing with diligence the requirements of
efficiency in any year, he shall be liable to a fine of $100:

Provided that the Commissioner may exempt from liability any
volunteer who, in his opinion, quits the Corps for a reasonable and bona
fide cause.

(4) The requirements for efficiency in any year shall be-

(a)the performance with diligence by the member of such number
of training periods as the Commissioner, with the approval of
the Colonial Secretary, shall direct for each Unit and Sub-Unit
of the Corps:

Provided that no such direction shall require the
performance of less than 5 or more than 60 training periods in
any year and that any such direction shall be communicated in
such manner as the Commissioner shall consider convenient
to all members of the Unit or Sub-Unit affected thereby.





(b)the member shall have performed any training required of
him with diligence.

(5) Unit Controllers shall supply the Commissioner with such
certificates showing the number of training periods performed by
members of the Unit under their control, and the diligence or other-
wise of individual members, as the Commissioner may request.

(6) For the purpose of this regulation, the year shall be deemed
to start on the 1st April.

10. (1) The organization and control of Units and Sub-Units
shall be conducted by Unit and Sub-Unit Controllers.

(2) Unit and Sub-Unit Controllers may be appointed by the
Commissioner from members of the Corps.

(3) It shall be the duty of a Unit Controller or Sub-Unit
Controller to supervise and control all duties performed by the
Unit or Sub-Unit under his control and to keep proper record of
all members of the Corps and equipment appertaining to his Unit
or Sub-Unit. For such purposes a Unit Controller or Sub-Unit
Controller may-
(a)issue orders as he may think fit for the direction of the
duties to be performed by such Unit or Sub-Unit;
(b)assign any member of his Unit or Sub-Unit to any duty
required to be performed by the Unit or Sub-Unit, for
which duties the medical classification of the member and
his abilities and qualifications fit him;
(c)organize the training of members in the duties which they
may be called upon to perform.

11. A member shall report to the Commissioner any change
of particulars provided upon enrolment or his intention to be
absent from the Colony for any period exceeding 7 days or any
illness of a nature preventing the performance of active service.

12. (1) A member of the Corps may be supplied with such
equipment as the Commissioner may deem necessary for the per-
formance of duties by such member. Any equipment so supplied
shall remain the property of the Government and shall be returned
to the Commissioner in good order (fair wear and tear only
excepted)---
(a)upon the member ceasing to be a member of the Corps;
or
(b)upon the member being called upon so to do by the
Commissioner.

(2) If any member, without justifiable reason, fails to surrender
such equipment when required so to do, the value thereof shall be
recoverable from such member by the Commissioner from any pay
or allowance payable to the member or as a civil debt.





13. (1) It shall be the duty of every member of the Corps-
(a)at any time, to comply with the lawful directions of the
Commissioner and the Controller of the Unit or Sub-Unit
to which he is appointed;
(b) to keep any equipment in good and serviceable order;
(c)to return equipment to the Commissioner upon ceasing to
be a member of the Corps or whenever called upon so to
do by the Commissioner or Unit or Sub-Unit Controller.

(2) Every member of the Corps who fails without reasonable
excuse to comply with the provisions of this regulation shall be
guilty of an offence. Penalty: a fine of $500 or imprisonment for
3 months.

14. (1) A volunteer member of the Corps (other than a Unit
Controller or Sub-Unit Controller) may, except during an emergency,
resign membership of the Corps upon-
(a)giving to the Commissioner 7 days' notice in writing of
his intention to resign from the Corps;
(b)delivering up in good order (fair wear and tear only
excepted) all equipment; and
(c)paying any money payable by him in accordance with
these regulations or any other regulations made under
section 7 of the Ordinance.

(2) A Unit Controller or Sub-Unit Controller, if a volunteer,
may, except during an emergency, resign membership of the Corps
upon-
(a)giving to the Commissioner 30 days' notice in writing of
his intention to resign from the Corps;
(b)delivering up in good order (fair wear and tear only
excepted) all equipment; and
(c)paying any money payable by him in accordance with
these regulations or any other regulations made under
section 7 of the Ordinance.
(3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (4) and regulations
15 and 16, a member of the Corps other than a volunteer member
may quit the Corps only in accordance with the provisions of the
Compulsory Service Ordinance. Any member who so obtains
proper permission to quit the Corps shall-
(a)deliver up in good condition (fair wear and tear only
excepted) all equipment; and
(b)pay any money payable by him in accordance with these
regulations or any other regulations made under section
7 of the Ordinance.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), a member
may resign membership of the Corps on attaining the age of 60
years and upon conforming to such of the provisions of paragraph
(1) or (2) as may be appropriate.





15. The Governor may on the recommendation of the Commissioner
terminate the appointment of a Unit or Sub-Unit Controller and discharge
such a member from the Corps.

16. (1) The Commissioner, who shall be the sole judge of the
sufficiency of the cause, may, on the recommendation of the appropriate
Unit or Sub-Unit Controller discharge from the Corps any member other
than a Unit or Sub-Unit Controller.

(2) Any member who feels aggrieved by such discharge may appeal
to the Governor and the Governor may cancel or confirm such discharge
or give such other directions with reference thereto as he may deem fit
and such determination shall be binding on all persons.

17. Pension, gratuity or allowance in respect of death or disability
sustained by a member when called out for active service or in training
or under instruction which is attributable to or aggravated by such
service shall be payable to the like extent and subject to the same
conditions as are specified in section 15 of the Royal Hong Kong
Regiment Ordinance, which section shall be deemed to form a part of
these regulations subject to the adaptations and modifications
contained in the First Schedule.

18. (1) On any occasion upon which the Governor may consider
that emergency so requires the Governor may, by order published in the
Gazette, call out for active service all or any part of the Corps.

(2) Any member so called out shall be bound to attend at such
places and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the
Commissioner or a Unit or Sub-Unit Controller.

(3) Any member so called out shall be deemed to be engaged on
active service from the time at which he reports at the place assigned by
the Commissioner or by a Unit or Sub-Unit Controller.

(4) A member who has been called out shall remain on active
service until an order of the Governor is made and notified by
publication in the Gazette declaring the period of active service of the
Corps, or of the part of the Corps to which such member belongs to be at
an end.

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (4) it shall be
lawful for the Commissioner, although notification as provided by
paragraph (4) has not been made, to direct any member of the Corps that
he is no longer required to remain on active service. On receipt of such
direction, such member shall, for all purposes, be deemed to cease to be
on active service in like manner as if notification as provided by
paragraph (4) had been made.

(6) In making a direction under paragraph (5), the Commissioner
may also direct such member to report back for active service at such
place and on such date and at such time as may be directed.





A member reporting back for active service in accordance with such a
direction shall be deemed to have been called out in pursuance of a new
order under paragraph (1).

(7) Every member who fails without reasonable excuse to comply
with the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (4) shall be guilty of an
offence. Penalty: a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months.

19. (1) Where he is of the opinion that the need has arisen, the
Controller of any Unit or Sub-Unit may, with the prior approval of the
Governor, by order make a limited call out of the Unit or Sub-Unit or any
part or member thereof for active service, and such service shall continue
until an order is made by the Controller, with the prior approval of the
Governor, cancelling such order.

(2) Any member so called out shall be bound to attend at such
place and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the
Controller of his Unit or Sub-Unit, and he shall be engaged on active
service from the time at which he reports for duty at the place assigned
by the Controller.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph (1) or (2), any
member so called out may be directed by the Controller of his Unit or
Sub-Unit

(a)that he is no longer required to remain on active service; and

(b)that he is required to report back for active service at such
place and on such date and at such time as may be directed.

(4) On receipt of a direction under paragraph (3)(a), a member shall
be deemed to have ceased to be engaged on active service, and, on
receipt of a direction under paragraph (3)(b), such member shall, on
reporting back for active service in accordance with that direction, be
deemed to have been called out in pursuance of a new order under
paragraph (1).

(5) In the case of a Unit or Sub-Unit specified in the Third Schedule,
the powers and functions conferred or imposed by paragraphs (1), (2)
and (3) may, subject to the provisions of those paragraphs, be exercised
and performed by a member of the Unit or Sub-Unit authorized in that
behalf in writing by the Controller of the Unit or Sub-Unit.

FIRST SCHEDULE [r. 17.]

Adaptations and Modifications

(a) 'Commissioner' shall be substituted for 'Commanding Officer';

(b) ---CorpsPay and Pensions Code' shall be substituted for Royal Warrany (c)
'Governor' shall be substituted for 'Governor in Council';

(d) 'grade' shall be substituted for 'rank';
(e) 'Corps' shall be substituted for 'Regiment';

(f) 'member of the Corps' shall be substituted for 'officer or member'.





SECOND SCHEDULE

FORM I [r. 4.1

Declaration

I, ...........................do hereby declare

that I will serve with the Essential Services Corps in accordance with the
provisions of the Essential Services Corps Ordinance, Chapter 197, and regula-
tions made thereunder.

. ....

Signature of Member.

. ....

Date.

FORM 11 [r. 4.1

Certificate of Enrolment

I certify that
................................................................................. has this day
been enrolled as a member of the Essential Services Corps.

. ....

Commissioner, Essential
Services Corps,
Hong Kong.

Date .........19

FORM III [r. S.)

Declaration of member declining Medical Examination

I . do not desire to

undergo medical examination. I understand that in the event of application
by me for disability pension or of application by any dependant for pension or
allowance on the grounds that my death is due to injury or illness attributable
to or aggravated by my service in the Corps, a Medical Board may report that
it is unable to make recommendation because of the absence of information
regarding my medical condition prior to enrolment or being called out for
active service.

..........Signature of Witness .............................................

.........Signature Signature of Member.

.

Date. Date.





FORM IV [r. 5.]

Declaration of Member who has not passed the
Medical Examination

. ................................................................................................ understand
that in the event of application by me for disability pension, or of application by
any dependant for pension or allowance on the grounds that my death was due to
illness attributable to or aggravated by my service in the Corps, a Medical Board
may report that it is unable to make recommendation because of my medical
condition prior to being called out for active service.

..............

Signature of Witness. Signature of Member.

...............1 .............................................

Date. Date.

FORM V [r. 6.1

Certificate of cancellation of enrolment

1 certify that the enrolment of ......................................................... as a
member of the Essential Services Corps has been cancelled with effect

from the .............day of 19

. .............

Commissioner, Essential
Services Corps,
Hong Kong.

Date ..........19

THIRD SCHEDULE [r. 19.]

The Civil Aviation Unit.

The Aircraft Maintenance Unit.

The Airline Industry Sub-Unit.

The Caltex Sub-Unit.

The Esso Sub-Unit.

The Mobil Sub-Unit.

The Shell Sub-Unit.

The Dairy Farm Sub-Unit.
G.N.A. 2/50. G.N.A. 164/50. G.N.A. 162/51. G.N.A. 83/52. G.N.A. 92/53. G.N.A. 76/54. G.N.A. 4/61. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 63/70. 98 of 1970. L.N. 72/71. L.N. 55/72. L.N. 116/74. Citation. Interpretation. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. G.N.A. 162/51. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. G.N.A. 162/51. (Cap. 246.) Appointment of Commissioner. Powers. G.N.A. 83/52. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. Enrolment. G.N.A. 162/51. (Cap. 246.) Second Schedule, Form I. Second Schedule, Form II. Medical examination of members of the Corps. G.N.A. 162/51. G.N.A. 83/52. L.N. 55/72. Second Schedule, Form III. G.N.A. 76/54. Second Schedule, Form IV. Cancellation of enrolment. Second Schedule. Form V. Medical attention L.N. 49/67. G.N.A. 162/51. Formation of Units and Sub-Units. L.N. 49/67. Requirements for efficiency. G.N.A. 162/51. G.N.A. 4/61. G.N.A. 83/52. G.N.A. 4/61. L.N. 49/67. G.N.A. 4/61. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. Appointment of Unit and Sub-Unit Control-lers. Duties and powers. L.N. 116/74. G.N.A. 162/51. L.N. 49/67. Absence from the Colony and change of address. G.N.A. 4/61. L.N. 49/67. Equipment. Duties of members of the Corps. G.N.A. 83/52. Resignation from member-ship of Corps. G.N.A. 162/51. G.N.A. 162/51. G.N.A. 162/51. (Cap. 246.) G.N.A. 162/51. Termination of appointment of Unit Controller, and discharge. Discharge from membership of the Corps. Pensions. Disabled members. Widows. G.N.A. 162/51. L.N. 49/67. 98 of 1970, Sch. (Cap. 199.) Calling out for active service. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. G.N.A. 83/52. Power of Controller to make limited call out. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 55/72. Third Schedule. 98 of 1970, Sch. 98 of 1970, Sch. G.N.A.4/61. G.N.A. 92/53. G.N.A. 4/61. L.N. 49/67. G.N.A. 164/50. G.N.A.4/61. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 55/72.

G.N.A. 2/50. G.N.A. 164/50. G.N.A. 162/51. G.N.A. 83/52. G.N.A. 92/53. G.N.A. 76/54. G.N.A. 4/61. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 63/70. 98 of 1970. L.N. 72/71. L.N. 55/72. L.N. 116/74. Citation. Interpretation. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. G.N.A. 162/51. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. G.N.A. 162/51. (Cap. 246.) Appointment of Commissioner. Powers. G.N.A. 83/52. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. Enrolment. G.N.A. 162/51. (Cap. 246.) Second Schedule, Form I. Second Schedule, Form II. Medical examination of members of the Corps. G.N.A. 162/51. G.N.A. 83/52. L.N. 55/72. Second Schedule, Form III. G.N.A. 76/54. Second Schedule, Form IV. Cancellation of enrolment. Second Schedule. Form V. Medical attention L.N. 49/67. G.N.A. 162/51. Formation of Units and Sub-Units. L.N. 49/67. Requirements for efficiency. G.N.A. 162/51. G.N.A. 4/61. G.N.A. 83/52. G.N.A. 4/61. L.N. 49/67. G.N.A. 4/61. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. Appointment of Unit and Sub-Unit Control-lers. Duties and powers. L.N. 116/74. G.N.A. 162/51. L.N. 49/67. Absence from the Colony and change of address. G.N.A. 4/61. L.N. 49/67. Equipment. Duties of members of the Corps. G.N.A. 83/52. Resignation from member-ship of Corps. G.N.A. 162/51. G.N.A. 162/51. G.N.A. 162/51. (Cap. 246.) G.N.A. 162/51. Termination of appointment of Unit Controller, and discharge. Discharge from membership of the Corps. Pensions. Disabled members. Widows. G.N.A. 162/51. L.N. 49/67. 98 of 1970, Sch. (Cap. 199.) Calling out for active service. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 49/67. G.N.A. 83/52. Power of Controller to make limited call out. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 55/72. Third Schedule. 98 of 1970, Sch. 98 of 1970, Sch. G.N.A.4/61. G.N.A. 92/53. G.N.A. 4/61. L.N. 49/67. G.N.A. 164/50. G.N.A.4/61. L.N. 49/67. L.N. 55/72.

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