5.—(1) There is hereby established a Legal Branch Special Personnel Board in respect of all officers in the Singapore Legal Service below the threshold grade who hold or is to hold a post in the public service outside of the Supreme Court or the subordinate courts.
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(2) The Legal Branch Special Personnel Board shall have the jurisdiction and power to do all of the following:
(a)
to first appoint as an officer in the Singapore Legal Service at a grade below the threshold grade and to hold a post outside of the Supreme Court and the subordinate courts;
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(b)
to confirm or emplace on the permanent establishment any officer below the threshold grade who holds a post outside of the Supreme Court and the subordinate courts;
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(c)
to promote any officer who holds a post outside of the Supreme Court and the subordinate courts to any grade below the threshold grade.
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(3) In addition, the Legal Branch Special Personnel Board shall have the jurisdiction and power —
(a)
to transfer from the Singapore Legal Service to another Scheme of Service in the public service, any officer below the threshold grade who holds a post outside of the Supreme Court and the subordinate courts; or
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(b)
to transfer any public officer from another Scheme of Service in the public service to be an officer in the Singapore Legal Service below the threshold grade and to hold a post outside of the Supreme Court and the subordinate courts,
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with the prior agreement of the Public Service Commission or the relevant Personnel Board established under Article 110D of the Constitution having jurisdiction and power over the other Scheme of Service or the public officer to be transferred, as the case may be.