4Interpretation

#### 4 Interpretation (1) In this Part, a reference to an allowance of a prescribed kind shall be read as a reference to an allowance of one of the following kinds: (a) an allowance that is payable to an eligible employee by reason that he temporarily performs the whole or a part of the duties of an office of a higher classification than the classification of the office occupied by him; (c) an allowance that is payable to an eligible employee by reason that he is liable to be called upon to perform duties or work at any time during which he is off duty; (d) an allowance that is payable to an eligible employee by reason that he is required in the performance of his duties or work to be in charge of staff, equipment or premises; (e) an allowance that is payable to an eligible employee in lieu of payments for overtime or other extra duty work; (f) an allowance that is payable to an eligible employee as compensation for the physical hardships or discomforts associated with the duties or work that he is required to perform; (g) an allowance not otherwise referred to in this regulation that is payable to an eligible employee by reason that he is required to perform any special function as part of his duties or work. (2) In this Part: (a) a reference to an allowance includes, where the salary of an eligible employee is increased in respect of a period because the employee temporarily performs higher duties or acts in a higher rank or position, a reference to any part of the salary payable to the eligible employee in respect of that period that is attributable solely to his or her so performing or acting and is not payable during that period on any other ground or additional ground; and (b) an allowance constituted by such a part of salary shall be taken to be an allowance of a prescribed kind referred to in paragraph (1)(a).