South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations49A—Selection processes—prescribed promotional and prescribed
officer positions
(1) For the purposes
of section 54 of the Act, the selection process for an appointment to a
prescribed promotional position is to consist of—
(a) in
the case of prescribed promotional position to be filled by appointment from
within a merit pool—the selection, in accordance with any relevant
general order, special order or guideline made or given by the Commissioner,
of a suitable member of SA Police from within the merit pool to fill the
position; or
(b) in
any other case—the selection process set out in regulation 49B.
(2) The selection
process for an appointment to a prescribed officer position is to consist
of—
(a) in
the case of prescribed officer position to be filled by appointment from
within a merit pool—the selection, in accordance with any relevant
general order, special order or guideline made or given by the Commissioner,
of a suitable member of SA Police from within the merit pool to fill the
position; or
(b) in
any other case—the selection process set out in regulation 49B.
(3) The Commissioner
may, in the Commissioner's absolute discretion, determine whether a particular
prescribed promotional position or prescribed officer position is to be filled
by appointment from within a merit pool or on individual application and the
selection process set out in regulation 49B.
(4) However, in the
case where a merit pool has been established to fill prescribed promotional
positions or prescribed officer positions of a particular kind, the
Commissioner must, unless it is not reasonably practicable to do so, fill a
particular prescribed promotional position or prescribed officer position of
that kind by appointment from within the merit pool.
(5) To avoid doubt,
the right of review set out in section 55 of the Act does not apply in
relation to a decision to appoint a particular member of SA Police from within
a merit pool to a fill a position.
Note—
A decision to appoint a particular member from within a merit pool to fill a
position is not a selection process as contemplated by section 55 of the
Act—see the definition of "selection processes" in section 3 of the
Act.
Rights of review in relation to merit pools are instead set out in
regulation 49.