Under the new Act, three groups of people are potentially eligible for allowances:

Staff members appointed under these Rules shall not be eligible for dependency allowances.

Staff members appointed under these Rules shall not be eligible for dependency allowances.

The income criteria have been relaxed to make more people eligible for allowances and account is now taken of the number of children in the family who are in education.

While she did not believe that this approach was the best one in the long run, the current approach would require organizations to “grandfather” staff eligible for allowances in the current system, which in turn would present significant administrative difficulties.

This scheme was extended in 2001/2002, with the result that more parents are now eligible for an allowance.

Further changes were made to allow 300-series staff to be eligible for special post allowance.

Notable improvements have been made in the scope of persons eligible for mobility allowance, as well as in the amount of this allowance.

The definition of “self-employed” was changed, allowing women who work part-time to be insured for employment injury and to be eligible for maternity allowance;

Rule 104.6 specifies that a staff member regarded as having been locally recruited shall not be eligible for the allowances or benefits indicated under rule 104.7.