6. In a case of equivalent competency, an assistant president and executive director, a senior administrator or an officer employed by a public institution or private institution referred to in section 475 of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2), by an association of senior administrators or officers in the sector and by the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux must have hiring priority over other candidates in a competition to obtain a position of assistant president and executive director. The sectoral notice and public notice referred to in section 5 must contain a statement to that effect.