117Remote and other localities: transfers

117 Remote and other localities: transfers (1) An officer of a Department who is stationed in a locality that is remote or where climatic conditions are severe may apply in writing to the Secretary of the Department to be transferred from that locality. (2) In considering matters relevant to the selection of an officer to occupy a vacant office in a Department, the Secretary of the Department shall give special consideration: (a) to any application under subregulation (1) by an officer of the Department: (i) who is eligible to occupy that office; and (ii) who occupies an office of the same, an equal or a higher classification; and (b) to the duration of the period during which that officer has been stationed in the locality referred to in that subregulation. Part VI Redeployment and retirement Division 1 Senior Executive Service officers