New South Wales Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1979 Act, s 60)
If a vacancy exists in a position in a Department and the
appropriate Department Head decides that it is expedient to fill the vacancy,
the position may, subject to and in accordance with this Division, be filled:
(a) by the appointment, by way of transfer or promotion, of an officer, or
(b) by the appointment of a person who, immediately before his or her appointment, was not an officer.