68. Every person who, according to law or a statutory instrument, may be admitted to a competition or an examination, must be admitted thereto.
However, in the matter of recruitment, the Office may determine, by regulation, geographical areas and criteria for belonging to those areas in order for a person to be eligible for a competition. It may, within an employment readjustment program, limit the eligibility for a competition to the category of persons determined by regulation of the Minister of the Civil Service. It may also, for the purposes of recruiting personnel in teaching establishments, limit the eligibility for a competition to the category of persons determined by regulation of the Minister of the Civil Service. It may also limit the eligibility for a competition to part, all, or a category of the persons employed in the Education sector or Social Affairs sector, in the cases and according to the conditions and modalities determined by the Minister of the Civil Service by regulation.
For the purposes of the second paragraph,“Education sector” means the regional school boards, the school boards and the corporations of trustees governed by the Education Act (chapter I-14) and the general and vocational colleges;
“Social Affairs sector” means the public establishments contemplated in sections 10 and 11 of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5) and the regional health and social service councils established under that Act.
In the matter of promotion, the Minister of the Civil Service may determine, by regulation, geographical areas and criteria for belonging to such areas in order for a civil servant to be eligible for a competition. He may also determine, by regulation, the administrative body to which a civil servant must belong in order to be eligible for a competition.
Notice of every competition or examination must be given by the Office in the manner it deems appropriate, so that every person eligible for such competition or examination may have a reasonable opportunity to apply.
The Office must examine every application received within the time limit fixed for the receipt of applications.
1978, c. 15, s. 68; 1981, c. 3, s. 8; 1982, c. 32, s. 99.