30Chief of Navy may make determinations

30 Chief of Navy may make determinations (1) Subject to subregulations (3) and (4), the Chief of Navy may, for the purposes of section 8 of the Act, determine by instrument that persons, or persons included within a specified class of persons, are not eligible for: (a) appointment to specified ranks; (b) appointments in specified parts of the Navy; or (c) an appointment of a specified kind; unless they satisfy any specified conditions, hold any specified qualifications and meet any specified requirements relating to that appointment. (2) In subregulation (1), specified means specified in the instrument referred to in that subregulation. (3) In making a determination under subregulation (1), the Chief of Navy shall have regard to the education, training, experience and other qualifications required to make a person suitable for the appointment concerned. (4) Where, because of a condition, qualification or requirement specified in an instrument under subregulation (1) in relation to an appointment to which the instrument applies, a person is not eligible for that appointment, the Chief of Navy may, having regard to that person’s education, training, experience or other qualifications, dispense with the requirement that that person comply with that condition, qualification or requirement in relation to that appointment.