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after the commencement of this section, any such appointment shall have effect as if it were an appointment under sub-section 26 (3) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

Creation, &c., of offices
18. (1) Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "Permanent Head" and substituting "relevant Permanent Head";
     (b) by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-sections:
     "(1a) Where a Department is abolished, the Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Board—
           (a) create in another Department an office—
             (i) that has the same classification as an office that existed in the first-mentioned Department immediately before it was abolished; and
             (ii) the holder of which is required to perform substantially the same duties as the holder of the office referred to in sub-paragraph (i); and
           (b) declare the office so created by him to be in substitution for the first-mentioned office.
     "(1b) Where, by virtue of administrative arrangements approved by the Governor-General, a matter is to be dealt with by a different Department from the Department by which that matter was dealt with immediately before those arrangements were approved, the Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Board—
           (a) abolish an office in the last-mentioned Department the holder of which is required to perform duties that relate wholly or mainly to that matter;
           (b) create in the first-mentioned Department an office—
             (i) that has the same classification as the office so abolished; and
             (ii) the holder of which is required to perform substantially the same duties as the holder of the office so abolished; and
           (c) declare the office so created by him to be in substitution for the office so abolished."; and
      (c) by omitting from sub-section (2) "Permanent Head" (first occurring) and substituting "relevant Permanent Head".
(2) Section 29 of the Principal Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
"(6) In this section, 'office' does not include an office of the Parliament within the meaning of section 9.".
19. (1) Section 30 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

Salaries of officers
"30. (1) A Permanent Head shall be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal but, if no determination of that remuneration by the Tribunal is in operation, he shall be paid such remuneration as is prescribed.
"(2) The operation, in relation to Permanent Heads, of this Act, the regulations or determinations in force under sub-section 9 (7a) or section 82d is subject to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973.
"(3) Officers other than Permanent Heads shall be paid salary at such rates, or in accordance with such scales of rates, as are determined