Public Service Employment Act (S.C. 2003, c. 22, ss. 12, 13 )

Marginal note:Persons being considered for appointment

• 48 (1) After the assessment of candidates is completed in an internal appointment process, the Commission shall, in any manner that it determines, inform the following persons of the name of the person being considered for each appointment:

  • (a) in the case of an advertised internal appointment process, the persons in the area of selection determined under section 34 who participated in that process; and

  • (b) in the case of a non-advertised internal appointment process, the persons in the area of selection determined under section 34.

• Marginal note:Waiting period

  (2) For the purposes of internal appointment processes, the Commission shall fix a period, beginning when the persons are informed under subsection (1), during which appointments or proposals for appointment may not be made.

• Marginal note:Appointment or proposed appointment

  (3) Following the period referred to in subsection (2), the Commission may appoint a person or propose a person for appointment, whether or not that person is the one previously considered, and the Commission shall so inform the persons who were advised under subsection (1).