Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts17. Preference for members, &c.
An appointment shall not be made under section 16(1)(aa) unless the appointment is to a prescribed position and -
(a) the Commissioner has, not less than 42 days before the appointment, published or caused to be published in the Police Gazette a notice of the rank and duties of, and the qualifications required for, that position, together with a statement that -
(i) if, in the Commissioner's opinion, having received applications from members, there is not amongst those members a member who has the skill and efficiency suitable for promotion to that position; or
(ii) if, having received no applications from members for promotion to that position,
the Commissioner shall appoint to that position a person from outside the Police Force;
(b) where the Commissioner has -
(i) received applications from members for promotion to the position; or
(ii) received no applications from members for promotion to the position,
and has, in accordance with the statement referred to in paragraph (a), decided to appoint to that position a person from outside the Police Force, he has published or caused to be published in the Police Gazette , not later than 28 days before he makes the appointment, a notice that -
(iii) having received applications from members for promotion to that position, he is of the opinion that there is not amongst those members a member who has the skill and efficiency suitable for promotion to that position; or
(iv) having received no applications from members for promotion to that position, he intends to appoint to that position a person from outside the Police Force,
as the case may be; and
(c) each appeal, if any, under section 92, in respect of a decision referred to in paragraph (b) made in relation to the position, has been heard and determined.