Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975 No. 55 of 1975 - SECT 50

50. (1) The Commission may determine that-

   (a)  a specified position is a position the occupant of which is required
        to undergo a course of training for the purpose of enabling him to
        perform duties which require professional, technical or other
        knowledge; and

   (b)  an officer who has completed that course of training to the
        satisfaction of the Commission is entitled to be promoted in
        accordance with this section to such position as is specified in the
        determination in relation to that first-mentioned position.

(2) An officer who has completed, to the satisfaction of the Commission, a
course of training approved by the Commission, shall be promoted to the
position specified by the Commission under paragraph (1) (b) as soon as
practicable after a vacancy occurs in that position.

(3) Where 2 or more officers complete at the same time a course of training
approved by the Commission, the promotion of those officers under sub-section
(2) shall be made in accordance with the respective seniority of the officers.

(4) Until an officer who is entitled to promotion under sub-section (2) is
promoted, the officer-

   (a)  is an unattached officer having the designation appropriate to an
        officer occupying the position to which he is entitled to be promoted;
        and

   (b)  shall, for the purposes of salary and of transfer to another position,
        be deemed to be the occupant of the position referred to in paragraph
        (a).

(5) A promotion under sub-section (2) is not subject to the right of appeal
provided in section 51.

(6) A determination under sub-section (1) shall be made known to officers as
prescribed by the By-laws.

(7) A reference in this section to a position shall, unless the contrary
intention appears, be read as a reference to any position in a class of
positions equivalent to that position.