Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) The Commissioner shall not promote a member to a rank otherwise than under regulation 7 unless, not less than 14 days before the promotion, the Commissioner causes notice to be published in the Police Gazette seeking applications under subregulation (2) for promotion to the rank.
(2) An application referred to in subregulation (1) shall be in the form and contain such information as the Commissioner, from to time, determines.
(3) This regulation does not prevent a member making an application referred to in subregulation (1) where the rank the subject of the application is lower than the rank held by the member at the time of the application but, where such an application is successful and the member is appointed to the lower rank, the terms and conditions of service as a member attaching to the rank held by the member immediately before the appointment shall, on the appointment, cease and the member's terms and conditions of service shall, with effect on and from the appointment, be the terms and conditions of service attaching to the rank from time to time held by the member after the appointment.