50ASelection of officers for promotion

##### 50A Selection of officers for promotion (1) For the purpose of exercising the power under subsection 50(3) or section 50DA or 50DB to promote an officer to fill a vacant office, a Secretary shall select the officer who is, in the opinion of the Secretary, the most efficient of the officers who have applied for promotion to the vacant office. (2) For the purpose of forming an opinion as to the most efficient of the officers who have applied for promotion to a vacant office, the Secretary shall have regard to: (a) the abilities, qualifications, experience, standard of work performance and personal qualities of each officer, to the extent that the Secretary considers that those matters are relevant to the performance of the duties of the office; and (b) the potential of each officer for further career development in the Service, and the ability of each officer to perform the duties of other offices in the Department of the same or equal classification, to the extent (if any) that the Secretary considers that those matters are relevant to the selection of an officer to hold the office. (3) A reference in subsection (2) to the abilities, qualifications, experience, standard of work performance, personal qualities, potential for further career development in the Service, or ability to perform the duties of other offices in a Department is, in relation to an officer who is a returned soldier or who is or has been absent on specified defence service, a reference to the abilities, qualifications, experience, standard of work performance, personal qualities, potential for future career development in the Service, or ability to perform the duties of the offices concerned that, in the opinion of the Secretary, the officer would have had but for the absence of the officer on active service or on specified defence service.