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Probation\nSection 1.4   Letters of Appointment and Information on Pensions\nSection 1.5   Fast Stream Development Programme\nSection 1.6   Appointment and Management of Specialists\nSection 1.7   Re-appointment: Reinstatement and Re-employment\nCHAPTER 2 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE\nSection 2.1   Policy\nCHAPTER 3 HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK\nSection 3.1   Health and Safety\nCHAPTER 4 CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE\nSection 4.1   Conduct: General Principles and Rules\nSection 4.2   Conduct: Confidentiality and Official Information\nSection 4.3   Conduct: Standards of Propriety\nAnnex A: The Business Appointment Rules for Civil Servants\nSection 4.4   Conduct: Political Activities\nAnnex A: Guidelines and Principles on Participation in Political Activities\nSection 4.5   Discipline: Rules and Code of Practice\nAnnex A: Recovery of Losses to Public Funds\nCHAPTER 5 THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE\nSection 5.1   General\nSection 5.2   The SASC Group\nSection 5.3   Senior Civil Service Terms and Conditions\nCHAPTER 6 MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT\nSection 6.1   Grading and Classification of Staff\nSection 6.2   Personal Review\nSection 6.3   Poor Performance: Inefficiency and Limited Efficiency\nSection 6.4   Promotion and Lateral Transfers\nCHAPTER 7 PAY AND ALLOWANCES\nSection 7.1   Remuneration of Staff\nAnnex A: Senior Civil Service Pay Framework\nAnnex B: Allowances for Members of the Senior Civil Service\nSection 7.2   Advances of Pay\nSection 7.3   Voluntary Deductions from Pay\nSection 7.4   Rent for Government-Owned Properties\nCHAPTER 8 EXPENSES\nSection 8.1   Reimbursement of Expenses\nSection 8.2   Travel\nSection 8.3   Relocation\nSection 8.4   Compensation for Loss or Damage to Personal Property\nSection 8.5   Concessionary Arrangements for Staff Working in Northern Ireland\nSection 8.6   Overseas Expenses\nCHAPTER 9 HOURS, HOLIDAYS AND ATTENDANCE\nSection 9.1   Hours of Work\nSection 9.2   Holidays and Attendance\nSection 9.3   Maternity, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Arrangements\nSection 9.4   Attendance during National Emergencies\nSection 9.5   Sick Absence\nSection 9.6   Injury, Disease or Assault at Work.\nCHAPTER 10 STAFF MOVEMENT AND REDEPLOYMENT\nSection 10.1  Mobility\nSection 10.2  Transfer of Staff between Departments and Agencies\nSection 10.3  Secondment\nSection 10.4  Service with the European Institutions\nCHAPTER 11 LEAVING THE CIVIL SERVICE\nSection 11.1  Notice and References\nSection 11.2  Action Before Leaving the Civil Service\nSection 11.3  Normal Retirement Age\nSection 11.4  Dismissal for Inefficiency\nSection 11.5  Early Retirement or Severance\nSection 11.6  Compulsory Early Retirement or Severance\nSection 11.7  Flexible Early Retirement or Severance\nSection 11.8  Approved Early Retirement\nSection 11.9  Actuarially Reduced Retirement\nSection 11.10 Medical Retirement\nCHAPTER 12 APPEALS AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION AT PUBLIC EXPENSE\nSection 12.1  Appeals\nSection 12.2  Legal Representation at Public Expense\nINTRODUCTION\nThis Code is issued under the authority of Part 1 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 under which the Minister for the Civil Service has the power to make regulations and give instructions for the management of the Civil Service, including the power to prescribe the conditions of service of civil servants.\nThis Code, on which the recognised trade unions have been consulted, sets out regulations and instructions to departments and agencies regarding the terms and conditions of service of civil servants and the delegations which have been made by the Minister for the Civil Service under the Civil Service (Management Functions) Act 1992 to Ministers and office holders in charge of departments, the First Minister in the Scottish Executive and the Welsh Assembly Government, together with conditions attaching to those delegations. For convenience, the term “departments and agencies","cbCaitj4KkphZkqM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitj4KkphZkqM","docx",153091,91,"English","# Introduction\n## Chapter 1 Taking Up Appointment\n### Section 1.1 Recruitment\n### Section 1.2 Working Arrangements\n### Section 1.3 Probation\n### Section 1.4 Letters of Appointment and Information on Pensions\n### Section 1.5 Fast Stream Development Programme\n### Section 1.6 Appointment and Management of Specialists\n### Section 1.7 Re-appointment: Reinstatement and Re-employment\n## Chapter 2 Equal Opportunities in the Civil Service\n### Section 2.1 Policy\n## Chapter 3 Health and Safety at Work\n### Section 3.1 Health and Safety\n## Chapter 4 Conduct and Discipline\n### Section 4.1 Conduct: General Principles and Rules\n### Section 4.2 Conduct: Confidentiality and Official Information\n### Section 4.3 Conduct: Standards of Propriety\n### Section 4.4 Conduct: Political Activities\n### Section 4.5 Discipline: Rules and Code of Practice\n## Chapter 5 The Senior Civil Service\n### Section 5.1 General\n### Section 5.2 The SASC Group\n### Section 5.3 Senior Civil Service Terms and Conditions\n## Chapter 6 Management and Development\n### Section 6.1 Grading and Classification of Staff\n### Section 6.2 Personal Review\n### Section 6.3 Poor Performance: Inefficiency and Limited Efficiency\n### Section 6.4 Promotion and Lateral Transfers\n## Chapter 7 Pay and Allowances\n### Section 7.1 Remuneration of Staff\n### Section 7.2 Advances of Pay\n### Section 7.3 Voluntary Deductions from Pay\n### Section 7.4 Rent for Government-Owned Properties\n## Chapter 8 Expenses\n### Section 8.1 Reimbursement of Expenses\n### Section 8.2 Travel\n### Section 8.3 Relocation\n### Section 8.4 Compensation for Loss or Damage to Personal Property\n### Section 8.5 Concessionary Arrangements for Staff Working in Northern Ireland\n### Section 8.6 Overseas Expenses\n## Chapter 9 Hours, Holidays and Attendance\n### Section 9.1 Hours of Work\n### Section 9.2 Holidays and Attendance\n### Section 9.3 Maternity, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Arrangements\n### Section 9.4 Attendance during National Emergencies\n### Section 9.5 Sick Absence\n### Section 9.6 Injury, Disease or Assault at Work\n## Chapter 10 Staff Movement and Redeployment\n### Section 10.1 Mobility\n### Section 10.2 Transfer of Staff between Departments and Agencies\n### Section 10.3 Secondment\n### Section 10.4 Service with the European Institutions\n## Chapter 11 Leaving the Civil Service\n### Section 11.1 Notice and References\n### Section 11.2 Action Before Leaving the Civil Service\n### Section 11.3 Normal Retirement Age\n### Section 11.4 Dismissal for Inefficiency\n### Section 11.5 Early Retirement or Severance\n### Section 11.6 Compulsory Early Retirement or Severance\n### Section 11.7 Flexible Early Retirement or Severance\n### Section 11.8 Approved Early Retirement\n### Section 11.9 Actuarially Reduced Retirement\n### Section 11.10 Medical Retirement\n## Chapter 12 Appeals and Legal Representation at Public Expense\n### Section 12.1 Appeals\n### Section 12.2 Legal Representation at Public Expense","[{\"question\":\"What authority issued the Civil Service Management Code and what does it allow the Minister to do?\",\"answer\":\"The Code is issued under authority of Part 1 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, under which the Minister for the Civil Service can make regulations and give instructions for managing the Civil Service, including prescribing service conditions for civil servants.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the departments and agencies receive from the Minister under delegation, and what must they follow?\",\"answer\":\"Delegations to Ministers and office holders, and their conditions, allow determination of certain terms and conditions. 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