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56.—(1) The Governor may make appointments to any office in the Pitcairn Public Service, and any person so appointed, unless otherwise provided by law, shall hold his or her office during Her Majesty’s pleasure.
(2) The Governor may, subject to any law and to such instructions as may from time to time be given to him or her by Her Majesty through a Secretary of State, upon sufficient cause to the Governor appearing—
(a)remove from office or suspend from performing the functions of his or her office any officer of the Pitcairn Public Service; or
(b)take such other disciplinary action as may seem to the Governor desirable in relation to any such officer.
(3) The Governor may by directions in writing delegate the powers conferred on him or her by subsections (1) and (2) to any officer or officers of the Pitcairn Public Service to such extent, and subject to such conditions, as may be specified in the directions.
(4) The Governor may, whenever he or she thinks fit, require any officer of the Pitcairn Public Service to make an oath or affirmation of allegiance in the form set out in the Schedule, together with such other oaths or affirmations as may from time to time be prescribed by any law in the form prescribed by any such law; and the Governor shall administer such oaths or affirmations or cause them to be administered by some officer of the Pitcairn Public Service.
(5) This section is without prejudice to section 35.
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