16Advertising of vacant positions

16 Advertising of vacant positions

16 Advertising of vacant positions

(1) The Transport Secretary must, unless the Transport Secretary decides otherwise, advertise a vacant STA officer’s position before appointing a person to the position.

(2) A vacant STA officer’s position may be advertised within or outside the Transport Service, or both.

(3) In deciding to appoint a person to a vacant STA officer’s position that has been advertised, the Transport Secretary may only select a person who has duly applied for appointment to the position.

(4) The Transport Secretary may do the following—

(a) extend the time stipulated in an advertisement for lodging applications for a vacant STA officer’s position,

(b) decline to appoint any of the applicants for a vacant STA officer’s position that has been advertised,

(c) re-advertise a vacant STA officer’s position.

(5) Despite subsection (3), the Transport Secretary may appoint a person to a vacant STA officer’s position as if it had not been advertised if—

(a) there are no applicants for the position, or

(b) the Transport Secretary has declined to appoint any applicant to the position.