1. These Regulations may be cited as the Department of National Defence Terms Under Three Months Regulations, 1992.

2. In these Regulations,

“Department”

“Department” means the Department of National Defence; (ministère)

“Deputy Head”

“Deputy Head” means the Deputy Minister of the Department; (administrateur général)

“Order”

“Order” means the Department of National Defence Terms Under Three Months Exclusion Approval Order, 1992. (décret)

3. These Regulations apply to persons to whom the Order applies.

4. Where the Department requires the services of a person in a position in the Operational Category, in the Clerical and Regulatory, Secretarial, Stenographic and Typing and Data Processing Groups of the Administrative Support Category, in the Drafting and Illustration and Engineering and Scientific Support Groups of the Technical Category, and in the Education and Nursing Groups of the Scientific and Professional Category, for one or more specified periods of less than three months totalling less than six months in the aggregate during any consecutive 12-month period, the Deputy Head or an individual authorized by the Deputy Head for that purpose may recruit, select and appoint a person to that position.

5. The Deputy Head or an individual authorized by the Deputy Head for that purpose may, on giving at least one day’s notice to a person appointed under these Regulations, terminate the employment of that person.

• (a) for cause; or

• (b) if the services of that person are no longer required owing to a lack of work or the discontinuance of a function in the Department.