Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(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—
(i) must have regard to their relative efficiencies; and
(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.