Government Sector Employment (Transport Service Senior Executives) Rules 2017
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5 Probation period
5 Probation period
(cf rule 5 GSE (General) Rules 2014)
(1) The Transport Secretary may determine that the engagement of a Transport executive in employment in the Transport Service for the first time or following the cessation of any previous employment in the Transport Service is subject to the condition that the executive is required:
(a) to serve a period of probation on commencing the executive’s employment, and
(b) to satisfy the requirements for the executive role to which the executive is assigned during that period of probation.
(2) Any such period of probation is to be no more than 6 months.
(3) If a Transport executive is required to serve a period of probation, the Transport Secretary may, at any time during or at the end of the probation period:
(a) confirm the executive’s employment, or
(b) terminate the executive’s employment under section 68N of the Transport Administration Act 1988.