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Defence Act, 2002 (Act No. 42 of 2002)

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Regulations for the Reserve Force, 2017

27. Seniority in general

 

(1) The seniority of a member, including an officer on whom a temporary commissioned rank is conferred under section 54(4) of the Act, in any substantive or temporary rank is, in relation to other members of the same or equivalent substantive or temporary rank, determined by the date of his or her appointment or reappointment in or promotion to that substantive or temporary rank: Provided that a member holding a substantive rank is senior to all members holding temporary ranks of the same or equivalent grade.

 

(2) If two or more members are appointed in the same rank on the same date, the order of their seniority is determined with due regard to their qualifications, appropriate experience, previous military service and age, and the seniority which they held in their previous ranks.