New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE ACT 1990 - SECT 91A

91A Appointment of long-term temporary employees to permanent positions

(1) In this section:
"long-term temporary employee" is a temporary employee whose employment as such an employee falls within a continuous employment period of at least 2 years.
"non-executive administrative position" means a position of a non-executive administrative officer (as defined in Part 6A).

(2) A long-term temporary employee may be appointed to a non-executive administrative position under this section, if each of the following requirements is satisfied:

(a) the employee must, at some stage of the temporary employment, have been selected to perform duties at a grade that is the same as (or similar to) the grade of the position concerned (whether or not the duties of the position are substantially the same as the duties performed during the temporary employment),

(a1) the employee was performing duties at that grade following some form of open competition that involved the selection of the employee as the person who, in the opinion of the Commissioner, had the greatest merit among the candidates concerned,

(b) the rate of salary or wages proposed to be payable to the holder of the position concerned at the time of appointment must not exceed the maximum rate payable for Grade 12, Administrative and Clerical Division, of the Public Service,

(c) the Commissioner must be satisfied that on-going work is available in respect of the employee,

(d) the Commissioner must be satisfied that the employee has the qualifications, experience, standard of work performance and capabilities to enable the employee to perform the duties of the position concerned.

(3) An appointment under this section is not an appointment to which section 81 (Appointment on merit) applies.