Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts16. Commissioner may appoint or promote members
(1) Subject to this Act, the Commissioner may:
(a) appoint a person eligible for appointment to the Police Force to be a member with the rank of Constable;
(aa) appoint a person eligible for appointment to the Police Force to be a member with a rank other than the rank of Constable; and
(b) promote a member, being a member who is qualified for promotion, to the rank next above the rank which that member held on the day immediately preceding the day on which the promotion was made.
(2) An appointment or promotion by the Commissioner under subsection (1) shall not be made so as to appoint a person or promote a member to the rank of Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner.
(3) The Commissioner may promote a qualified member to a relevant rank if the Commissioner is satisfied there is no other member holding a rank next below the relevant rank:
(a) who is qualified for promotion to the relevant rank; and
(b) who has superior merit for the promotion.
(4) In subsection (3):
qualified member means a member who is qualified for promotion to a relevant rank.
relevant rank , in relation to a qualified member, means a rank that is 2 ranks above the rank the member holds on the day immediately preceding the day of promotion to the relevant rank.