43Special appointments

##### 43 Special appointments (1) Subject to this section, if in a special case it appears to the Board to be desirable in the public interest to do so, the Board may, under this section, appoint to an office in the Service (other than an office of Secretary) a person who is not ineligible for appointment by reason of section 34 but does not have the academic or other qualifications required for appointment to the office by virtue of a notification under subsection 33A(1). (2) An appointment of a person under this section to an office shall not be made unless the Board certifies that it is satisfied that there is no officer available in the Service who is as capable as that person of filling the office. (3) Where the Board makes an appointment under this section, it shall cause a statement containing particulars of the appointment, together with a copy of the certificate referred to in subsection (2), to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the making of the appointment.