Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956

Appointment from established position to another position on promotion or transfer not in the customary course.

20.—(1) Where—

(a) it is proposed to appoint a person to an established position (in this section referred to as the new position) on promotion or transfer from another established position, and

(b) the proposed promotion or transfer is otherwise than in the customary course of promotion or transfer, as that course has been decided by the Commissioners,

he shall not be appointed to the new position unless and until he has been accepted by the Commissioners as qualified for appointment thereto.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to the promotion or transfer, not in the customary course of promotion or transfer, of a person from an established position to another position in an acting capacity.