43Transfer on application or request

43 Transfer on application or request (1) The Chief Commissioner may transfer a protective services officer to another position at the same rank on application or request by the officer. (2) In determining a transfer under this section, the Chief Commissioner— (a) must have regard to the efficiency of the candidate for transfer; and (b) if there is more than one candidate for transfer— (ii) must have regard to their relative seniority if the Chief Commissioner considers that they are equally efficient. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to— (a) a transfer made under an expression of interest process agreed under an industrial instrument applying to protective services officers; or (b) a transfer to a position at a rank specified in the regulations. (4) The Chief Commissioner must cause notice of the selection of a protective services officer for transfer under this section to be published in the Police Gazette.