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122 Redeployment
(1) This section applies to a confirmed officer if the director-general of
the officer’s administrative unit is satisfied on reasonable grounds
that the officer is—
(a) incapacitated; or
(b) ineligible for the officer’s office; or
(c) an excess officer.
(2) The director-general must—
(a) take reasonable steps to find a vacant office that the officer is
eligible for; and
(b) if the director-general finds a suitable vacant office—
(i) in writing, offer the office to the officer; and
(ii) if the officer consents to be transferred—transfer the
officer to the office; and
(iii) if the officer does not consent to be transferred—refer the
proposed redeployment to the head of service; and
(c) if the director-general does not find a suitable vacant office—
refer the proposed redeployment to the head of service.
(3) If the redeployment is referred to the head of service, the head of
service must—
(a) take reasonable steps to find a vacant office in the service that
the officer is eligible for; and
(b) if the head of service finds a suitable vacant office—
(a) in writing, offer the office to the officer; and
(b) if the officer consents to be transferred—transfer the
officer to the office.
(4) If the head of service cannot find a suitable vacant office to which the
officer consents to be transferred the head of service must, in writing,
refer the unsuccessful redeployment to the director-general.