s 67 Civil Servants
(1) Service as an officer or servant of a Scottish Secretary or of the Scottish Comptroller and Auditor General shall be service in Her Majesty’s Home Civil Service, and appointments to any position as such an officer or servant shall be made accordingly. (2) Service in the capacity of — (a) the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland or any officer or servant of his ; (b) the Accountant of Court or any officer or servant of his ; shall continue to be service in Her Majesty’s Home Civil Service. (3) Any salary and allowances in respect of service in any such capacity as is mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) above (including contributions to any pension scheme) shall be payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund. (4) A Scottish Secretary shall pay to the Minister for the Civil Service out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund such sums in respect of each financial year as the Minister for the Civil Service may determine, subject to any directions of the Treasury, as being equivalent to— Scotland Act 1978 c. 51 (a) the increase during that year of such of his liabilities as are attributable to the provision of pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of persons who are or have been serving in any such capacity as is mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) above, in so far as that increase results from their service, their ceasing to serve or their suffering diminution of emoluments during that financial year ; and (b) the increase during that year of such of his liabilities as are attributable to the expenses to be incurred in administering those pensions, allowances or gratuities. (5) Her Majesty may by Order in Council designate any description of person for the purposes of this section ; and references in this section to an officer or servant of a Scottish Secretary shall include any person of a description so designated.