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45 1956

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS ACT, 1956

Chapter II.

Non-competitive Appointments.

Determination of questions as to whether proposed appointments on promotion or transfer are in the customary course.

18. —(1) If any question arises under this Act as to whether the proposed appointment of a person to a position on promotion or transfer from another position is or is not in the customary course of promotion or transfer, as the case may be, the question shall be decided by the Commissioners.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section the Commissioners may from time to time decide what classes of promotions or transfers are to be regarded as being in the customary course of promotion or transfer.

Qualifications for an appointment to which section 20, 21, 22, 23 or 24 applies.

19. —Where—

(a) it is proposed to appoint a person to a particular position, and

(b) section 20, 21, 22, 23 or 24 applies to the appointment,

that person shall be treated, for the purposes of that section, as having been accepted by the Commissioners as qualified for appointment to that position if, but only if, the Commissioners are satisfied that he fulfils such requirements in respect of such of the following matters, knowledge, ability, age, health, physical characteristics, character and other relevant matters as the Commissioners may determine.

Appointment from established position to another position on promotion or transfer not in the customary course.

20. —(1) Where—

(a) it is proposed to appoint a person to an established position (in this section referred to as the new position) on promotion or transfer from another established position, and

(b) the proposed promotion or transfer is otherwise than in the customary course of promotion or transfer, as that course has been decided by the Commissioners,

he shall not be appointed to the new position unless and until he has been accepted by the Commissioners as qualified for appointment thereto.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to the promotion or transfer, not in the customary course of promotion or transfer, of a person from an established position to another position in an acting capacity.

Appointment to established position under section 11 of the Regulation Act.

21. —Where it is proposed to appoint, under section 11 of the Regulation Act, a widow to an established position, she shall not be appointed to that position unless and until she has been accepted by the Commissioners as qualified for appointment thereto.

Appointment excluded, by section 13 (4), from section 13 (1) (established position).

22. —Where—

(a) it is proposed to appoint a person to an established position, and

(b) the proposed appointment is one to which, by virtue of subsection (4) of section 13, subsection (1) of section 13 does not apply,

he shall not be appointed to that position unless and until he has been accepted by the Commissioners as qualified for appointment thereto.

Appointment from unestablished position to another unestablished position on promotion or transfer not in the customary course.

23. —Where—

(a) it is proposed to appoint a person to an unestablished position (in this section referred to as the new position) on promotion or transfer from another unestablished position, which is neither a position in a scheduled occupation nor an excluded position, and

(b) the proposed promotion or transfer is otherwise than in the customary course of promotion or transfer, as that course has been decided by the Commissioners,

he shall not be appointed to the new position unless and until he has been accepted by the Commissioners as qualified for appointment thereto.

Appointment to unestablished position under section 11 of the Regulation Act.

24. —Where it is proposed to appoint, under section 11 of the Regulation Act, a widow to an unestablished position, she shall not be appointed to that position unless and until she has been accepted by the Commissioners as qualified for appointment thereto.

Expenses incurred by proposed appointees in connection with requirements of Commissioners under section 19.

25. —Where—

(a) it is proposed to appoint a person to a position, and

(b) the appointment is one to which section 20, 21, 22, 23 or 24 applies,

such person shall, unless the Commissioners, with the concurrence of the Minister, otherwise determine, bear any expenses (including fees for medical examination) which he may incur in connection with the fulfilment of the requirements of the Commissioners under section 19.