Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

POLICE ADMINISTRATION ACT - SECT 17

Requirements for appointment to rank other than constable

17. Requirements for appointment to rank other than constable

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 merit 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 merit 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.



[Index] [Table] [Search] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]