(1) The Commissioner may recommend under section 35(6) that the existing chief executive of a department be reappointed for a further term.
(2) The Commissioner may make a recommendation under subsection (1) without first notifying the impending vacancy or examining other applicants or establishing a panel under section 35(4).
Section 36: substituted, on 19 December 1989, by section 6 of the State Sector Amendment Act (No 2) 1989 (1989 No 136).