Public Service Employment Regulations

Marginal note:Exclusion from statutory priority rights

3 A member of a designated group, within the meaning of section 3 of the Employment Equity Act, may be appointed, in accordance with an employment equity program, without regard to any entitlement to appointment in priority established under sections 39.1 and 40 and subsections 41(1) and (4) of the Act, unless the person who is entitled to appointment in priority in accordance with those provisions is also a member of a designated group, within the meaning of section 3 of the Employment Equity Act, to which the employment equity program applies.