46AMembers on extended service ineligible for promotion

46A Members on extended service ineligible for promotion (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, except subregulation (2), an officer or a sailor whose age for retirement has been extended in pursuance of the provisions of section 17 of the Act shall not be eligible for promotion in substantive rank during his extended service. (2) Notwithstanding subregulation (1), an officer who: (a) holds a permanent appointment in the PNF; and (b) has elected to be retired at age 55 under subregulation 102 (2) or (3); is eligible for promotion in substantive rank until he or she reaches the age of 55 years or the higher compulsory retirement age applicable to the officer under subregulation 102 (1).