112Promotions under section 50 of the Act: notification of vacancies

112 Promotions under section 50 of the Act: notification of vacancies For the purposes of subsection 50 (1) of the Act: (a) where a vacant office was, immediately before the occurrence of that vacancy, held by a person appointed, promoted or transferred to that office following notification in the Gazette of the vacancy of that office and that person failed to take up duty in that office, that occurrence is a prescribed circumstance; (b) a decision by the Secretary of a Department to fill an office in the Department is a prescribed circumstance if: (i) a vacancy (the “first vacancy”) in the office was notified in the Gazette within 12 months before the decision; and (ii) the office was filled but again became vacant; and (iii) the classification, duties and location of the office are the same as when the first vacancy was notified in the Gazette; (c) a decision by the Secretary of a Department to fill an office in the Department is a prescribed circumstance if: (i) a vacancy in an office in the Department was notified in the Gazette within 12 months before the decision; and (ii) the classification, duties and location of both offices are the same; (h) it is a prescribed circumstance if a decision is made by the Director of Meteorology, Bureau of Meteorology in the Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, that an office having: (i) the classification of Professional Officer Class 2; and (ii) meteorological duties; be filled by an officer in the Bureau who has the classification of Professional Officer Class 1; (i) where a vacant office in the Spectrum Management Agency has the classification of Administrative Service Officer Class 4, the decision by the relevant Secretary that the office be filled by an officer in the Spectrum Management Agency who: (i) occupies an office having the classification of Administrative Service Officer Class 3; and (ii) immediately before occupying that office, occupied an office in the Spectrum Management Agency having the classification of Graduate Administrative Assistant; and (iii) was appointed, promoted or transferred to that office of Graduate Administrative Assistant during the month of January or February of 1996; is a prescribed circumstance; (j) it is a prescribed circumstance if there is available in a Department a vacant office having the classification of Administrative Service Officer Class 4, 5 or 6, Research Officer Grade 2 or Senior Research Officer Grade 1 or 2 that the Secretary of the Department has determined needs to be filled, and also available in the Department an officer who: (i) following the application of section 53A of the Act — has the classification of Administrative Service Officer Class 3 or Research Officer Grade 1; and (ii) immediately before having the classification mentioned in subparagraph (i) — had the classification of Aboriginal Cadet, Cadet or Graduate Administrative Assistant.