32Promotion of officers

32 Promotion of officers (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 officers, or officers included within a specified class of officers, are, subject to regulations 33 and 34, not eligible for: (a) promotion to specified ranks; (b) promotion in specified parts of the Navy; or (c) a promotion of a specified kind; unless they satisfy any specified conditions, hold any specified qualifications and meet any specified requirements relating to that promotion. (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 promotion concerned. (4) Where, because of a condition, qualification or requirement specified in an instrument under subregulation (1) in relation to a promotion to which the instrument applies, a person is not eligible for that promotion, 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 promotion.