New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE ACT 1990 - SECT 66

66 Appointments to be made on merit

(1) This section applies to appointments to vacant positions of non-executive police officers (other than constables).

(2) In deciding to appoint a person (other than by way of promotion) to a vacant position of a non-executive police officer, the Commissioner must, from among the applicants who are eligible for appointment, select the applicant who has, in the opinion of the Commissioner, the greatest merit.

(3) The Commissioner is, for the purpose of determining the merit of persons for appointment (other than by way of promotion) to a vacant position of a non-executive police officer, to have regard to:

(a) the nature of the duties of the position, and

(b) the abilities, qualifications, experience, standard of work performance and personal qualities of those persons that are relevant to the performance of those duties.

(4) In deciding to appoint a person by way of promotion to a vacant position of a non-executive police officer, the Commissioner must appoint a person from the promotion list for the rank or grade within the rank concerned who is a person available for appointment and who has the greatest merit according to rankings on the list.

(5) Despite subsection (4), the Commissioner may, in the case of a position identified by the Commissioner as requiring specialist qualifications, appoint a person by way of promotion to any such position from the promotion list for the rank or grade concerned who has the greatest merit according to rankings on that list of persons who, in the opinion of the Commissioner, have the qualifications required for that position.