Ministerial approval was obtained to amend Public Service Regulation 112 to provide a mechanism for Secretaries to determine appropriate promotion arrangements for GAAs without the need to advertise following advancement on successful completion of the training program. The amendment also covers cadets advanced to Research Officer 1 or ASO3 positions. The amendment to Regulation 112 was approved at the Executive Council Meeting on 29 May 1997 and came into effect when gazetted on 4 June 1997.
Agencies are now able to use the Regulation.
The text of the amendment is attached to this circular. To be eligible for promotion under this provision of Regulation 112, the officer must be a GAA or cadet who was advanced under section 53A of the Public Service Act 1922 to the classifications ASO3 or RO1 following successful completion of a prescribed training program. GAAs or cadets must be advanced first before being promoted under Regulation 112 to a position that has not been advertised. As advancements under section 53A take place immediately upon satisfying the Secretary or delegate that they have successfully completed the training, the same Commonwealth Gazette could include both the notification of s53A advancement and the promotion to a higher office under Regulation 112 notification. Promotions made under Regulation 112 are appellable and the promotion notice in the Gazette will need to indicate that the promotion was not advertised and any suitably qualified officer may appeal.