31Transfer or promotion on advice of Joint Selection Committee

31  Transfer or promotion on advice of Joint Selection Committee

 (1) Subject to subsection (5), a relevant authority may, instead of transferring or promoting an officer to fill a vacant position under section 27, transfer or promote an officer to fill the vacant position under this section.

 (2) A transfer or promotion of an officer under this section shall be a transfer or promotion made in accordance with the advice of a Joint Selection Committee constituted under section 32.

 (3) Subject to subsection (4), where a relevant authority proposes that a vacant position be filled by a transfer or promotion under this section, the relevant authority shall give notice in writing of the proposal to the organisation that is the relevant staff organisation in relation to the position.

 (4) Where more than one organisation is a relevant staff organisation in relation to the position, the relevant authority shall ascertain which of those organisations has the greater or the greatest number of members occupying positions of the class of the vacant position and shall give noticein writing of the proposal to that organisation.

 (5) Where the relevant staff organisation to which a notice has been given under subsection (3) or (4) consents to the proposal, the relevant authority shall:

 (a) cause notification of the vacancy, being a notification indicating that the relevant authority proposes that the vacancy be filled by a transfer or promotion under this section, to be given in the Gazette; and

 (b) arrange for the establishment of a Joint Selection Committee for the purpose of giving advice to the relevant authority with respect to the filling of the vacancy.