55   Appointment of incumbent officers to executive positions

(1)  When a position becomes an executive position, the person (if any) holding the position is to continue to hold that position until the person or some other person is duly appointed to the position.

(2)  While the person continues to hold the position, the conditions of employment (including remuneration) of the person are to be the same as those that applied to the person immediately before the position became an executive position.

(3)  The person who continues to hold the position may be appointed to the position without the vacancy being advertised.

(4)  If the person who continues to hold the position is not appointed to the position or to any other executive position, sections 52–54 apply to the person as if he or she had elected to retain a right of return to the public sector.