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(1), a declaration of an office as an office which constitutes the occupant a Chief Officer that was in force under that section immediately before the date of commencement of this section continues in force, on and after that date, as if it were a declaration made in relation to the office under sub-section 26a (2) of the Public Service Act 1922 as amended by sub-section (1).
16. After section 26 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

The Senior Executive Service
"26aa. (1) The officers who are Senior Executive Service officers constitute the Senior Executive Service.
"(2) The Senior Executive Service is established in order to provide for a group of officers who—
     (a) may undertake higher level policy advice, managerial and professional responsibilities in Departments; and
     (b) may be deployed by Secretaries within Departments, and by the Board between Departments, so as best to promote the efficiency of the Australian Public Service.".
17. (1) Section 29 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are substituted:

Creation and abolition of offices
"27. (1) The Secretary of a Department, for the purpose of enabling the Department to perform its functions, may, in writing—
     (a) create an office in the Department; or
     (b) abolish an office in the Department.
"(2) An instrument under sub-section (1) creating an office shall specify the classification of the office, being an approved classification under sub-section 28 (1).

Classification of offices and officers
"28. (1) A classification is an approved classification for the purposes of this Act if and only if—
     (a) a determination under section 82d is in force in respect of salary in relation to offices having that classification; or
     (b) in a case to which paragraph (a) does not apply—the Board declares, in writing, that the classification is an approved classification for the purposes of this sub-section.
"(2) Where the rate of salary, or the maximum rate of salary, as the case requires, payable in respect of 2 offices is the same, the classifications of the 2 offices shall be taken to be equal.
"(3) Where the rate of salary, or the maximum rate of salary, as the case requires, payable in respect of an office is greater than the rate of salary, or the

maximum rate of salary, as the case requires, payable in respect of another office, the classification of the first-mentioned office shall be taken to be higher than the classification of the second-mentioned office.
"(4) An unattached officer who held an office immediately before becoming an unattached officer shall, until he ceases to be an unattached officer, have a classification corresponding to the classification of that office.
"(5) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be