(1) Subject to the remaining provisions of this regulation, an officer's eligibility for promotion will be based on an assessment of the officer's performance, disciplinary record, qualifications, length of service, level of training and absenteeism record.
(2) An officer shall not be eligible for promotion if, at the time the promotion process commences, the officer is subject to any disciplinary proceeding.
(3) Where an officer is the subject of any of the disciplinary actions specified below, the officer will not be eligible for promotion for the specified period as follows—
(i) reduction in rank: a period of 2 years;
(ii) a fine: a period of one year; or
(iii) a reprimand: a period of 6 months.
(4) The specified period established under subregulation (3) shall begin to run from the date of determination of the disciplinary action.
(5) Where an officer is subject to any of the disciplinary actions referred to in sub-regulation (3) more than once within a consecutive period of 3 years, the period of ineligibility for promotion shall be doubled in each case.
(6) To be eligible for promotion under these Regulations, an officer must have attained the following—
(a) a rating of 140 and above in his or her performance appraisal for at least 2 consecutive years immediately preceding the closing date; and
(b) the minimum criteria relating to length of service, qualifications and training for the rank to which he or she wishes to be promoted, as provided in Schedule 2.