sec.27Bases of employment of officers in parliamentary service

sec.27 Bases of employment of officers in parliamentary service

Appointment to an office within the parliamentary service, including by way of promotion— shall be made on the basis of full-time employment, if the office is not one or one of a class of office referred to in paragraph (b) ; or may be made on the basis of part-time employment, if the office is one or one of a class of office approved by the Clerk to be open to appointment on that basis. Appointment to an office within the parliamentary service, including by way of promotion, shall be made as follows— if the office is one declared pursuant to subsection (3) —the appointment shall be made for a limited duration of tenure; if the office is one not declared pursuant to subsection (3) —the appointment shall be upon a tenure that is not limited by time. The Speaker may declare any office or class of office, other than that of the Clerk, to be an office or class of office to which appointment shall be made upon a contract basis. While such a declaration subsists, appointment to the office so declared or to an office of a class so declared shall be made upon a contract basis. s 27 amd 1995 No. 38 s 35 sch 1 ; 2011 No. 24 s 56 ; 2015 No. 3 s 13 (sec.27-ssec.1) Appointment to an office within the parliamentary service, including by way of promotion— shall be made on the basis of full-time employment, if the office is not one or one of a class of office referred to in paragraph (b) ; or may be made on the basis of part-time employment, if the office is one or one of a class of office approved by the Clerk to be open to appointment on that basis. (sec.27-ssec.2) Appointment to an office within the parliamentary service, including by way of promotion, shall be made as follows— if the office is one declared pursuant to subsection (3) —the appointment shall be made for a limited duration of tenure; if the office is one not declared pursuant to subsection (3) —the appointment shall be upon a tenure that is not limited by time. (sec.27-ssec.3) The Speaker may declare any office or class of office, other than that of the Clerk, to be an office or class of office to which appointment shall be made upon a contract basis. (sec.27-ssec.4) While such a declaration subsists, appointment to the office so declared or to an office of a class so declared shall be made upon a contract basis.

• (a) shall be made on the basis of full-time employment, if the office is not one or one of a class of office referred to in paragraph (b) ; or
• (b) may be made on the basis of part-time employment, if the office is one or one of a class of office approved by the Clerk to be open to appointment on that basis.
• (a) if the office is one declared pursuant to subsection (3) —the appointment shall be made for a limited duration of tenure;
• (b) if the office is one not declared pursuant to subsection (3) —the appointment shall be upon a tenure that is not limited by time.