Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02927:body:0:p42
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02927
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 106321–109130

the effect that the proposed direction would have on—
        (i) the efficiency of the Service; and
        (ii) the career development of the officer; and
     (b) the views of the officer in relation to the proposed direction.
"(3) Where a Senior Executive Service officer in a Department is directed by the Board under sub-section (1) to perform the duties of an office in another Department or to perform specified duties in another Department—
     (a) the Secretary of the first-mentioned Department ceases to have power to give a direction to the officer under sub-section (1) until the officer resumes performing duties in that Department; and
     (b) the Secretary of the second-mentioned Department may give a direction to the officer under sub-section (1) as if the officer were a Senior Executive Service officer in that Department until the officer ceases to perform duties in that Department.
"(4) The Board shall not direct a Senior Executive Service officer in a Department to perform the duties of an office in another Department or to perform specified duties in another Department unless the Board has consulted each of the relevant Secretaries in relation to the proposed direction.
"(5) Nothing in this section shall be taken to limit, by implication, the regulations that may be made for the purposes of section 51a.
"(6) This section applies to and in relation to an employee—
     (a) who is employed in a Department; and
     (b) the agreement for whose employment specifies that he is employed to perform duties appropriate to an office having a specified Senior Executive Service classification,
as if the employee were a Senior Executive Service officer of that classification in the Department.

Promotions to Senior Executive Service offices
"49b. (1) The Board may, in writing, promote an officer to a vacant Senior Executive Service office.
"(2) The Board shall not exercise its powers under sub-section (1) in relation to an office in a Department except in accordance with a recommendation in writing made by the relevant Secretary.
"(3) Where the relevant Secretary recommends in writing that an officer be promoted to a Senior Executive Service office of a particular classification, the Board shall promote the officer to the office unless it is satisfied that—
     (a) the procedures followed by the Secretary in relation to notification of the vacancy in the office, or in relation to the examination of applications for promotion, transfer or appointment to the office, were not adequate;
     (b) it is desirable, in the interests of the Service, that the vacancy be further notified or advertised;
     (c) the officer is not suitable for the performance of the duties of that office or is not suitable for the performance of the duties of Senior Executive Service