Can public service employees naturalise as BOT citizens?

In order to naturalise as a BOT citizen, the key requirement is to be free from time restrictions on a person's period of residence in Bermuda.

One group of people where there is a good argument for this is public service employees. Section 25 of the Bermuda Immigration & Protection Act says that "special category persons" are free from restrictions on residence in Bermuda. Special category persons include public officers, i.e. holders of a paid office in the public service.