Paragraph 1

was at any time selected for initial appointment to service under the government of an overseas territory by a Minister of the Crown in the United Kingdom, or was recruited by the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations; or

was at any time recruited to a post for which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, a normal channel of recruitment would have been either the Colonial Office or the Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations; or

was at any time a member of Her Majesty’s Overseas Civil Service or Her Majesty’s Overseas Judiciary; or

was at any time a designated officer under an Overseas Service Aid Scheme Agreement.