Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C02964:section:27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C02964
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 27
Character Range: 22505–23143

27  Filling of vacant positions
 (1) The relevant authority may appoint a person as an officer, or transfer or promote an officer, to fill a vacant position in the Service.
 (2) Where the relevant authority has determined that a position, or every position included in a class of positions, in the Service is to be filled only by an officer who possesses qualifications specified in the determination, a person shall not be appointed as an officer, or an officer shall not be transferred or promoted, to fill that position, or a position included in that class of positions, as the case may be, unless he possesses those qualifications.