76YUnattachment of officers

##### 76Y Unattachment of officers (1) Where an authorised medical practitioner has recommended that an officer should, because of physical or mental incapacity, be redeployed to perform other duties or retired from the Service, the relevant Secretary may, by instrument in writing, declare that the officer shall, on a specified day, become an unattached officer and, if the relevant Secretary does so, the office held by the officer becomes vacant on that day. (2) As soon as practicable after a declaration is made under subsection (1) in respect of an officer, a copy of the instrument of declaration shall be given to the officer.