http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/2/section/5Hong Kong (Overseas Public Servants) Act 1996An Act to confer power to make provision for the making of payments to, and to permit early retirement by, certain Hong Kong overseas public servants; to authorise the provision of resettlement services to certain Hong Kong overseas public servants who retire early; and to confer power to make provision for the making in certain circumstances of payments to supplement pensions and gratuities paid to or in respect of retired overseas public servants in respect of service in Hong Kong.1996-02-29texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2015-05-22Expert Participation2004-07-22 51An Order in Council under this Act may make provision for the amount of payments under the Order in Council to be determined in any specified manner.2The manner of determining the amount of payments under such an Order in Council need not be similar to the manner of determining the amount of other overseas public service payments.3The circumstances specified in an Order in Council under section 4 for the making of payments need not be similar to those for the making of other overseas public service payments.4The references in subsections (2) and (3) to other overseas public service payments are to payments to public servants in connection with the ending of Her Majesty’s sovereignty or jurisdiction over any colony or other territory apart from Hong Kong.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S. 5(5) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 11