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office is revoked, the office becomes vacant and the officer who held the office immediately before the declaration was made or revoked, as the case may be, becomes an unattached officer.
"(3) Where—
     (a) an office (in this sub-section referred to as the 'former office') is a part-time office; and
     (b) another office (in this sub-section referred to as the 'substituted office') is created in another Department and is declared, under sub-section 29 (1) or (2), to be in substitution for the former office,
the declaration made under sub-section (1) in respect of the former office has effect, after the creation of the substituted office, as if it had been made in relation to the substituted office by the Secretary of the Department referred to in paragraph (b).
"(4) The Board, after consultations with the organizations that are relevant staff organizations in relation to offices in Departments, may, by notice published in the Gazette, notify procedures to be followed in relation to the operation of the provisions of this Act in relation to part-time employment.

Hours of attendance of part-time officers
"29c. (1) A declaration under sub-section 29b (1) in relation to an office shall specify, subject to sub-section (2), the hours of attendance that are to be applicable to the officer who occupies the office.
"(2) A declaration under sub-section 29b (1) in relation to an office shall not specify hours of attendance that are—
     (a) greater than the hours of attendance prescribed by the regulations, for the purpose of this paragraph, in relation to that office or in relation to a class of offices in which that office is included; or
     (b) less than the hours of attendance prescribed by the regulations, for the purpose of this paragraph, in relation to that office or in relation to a class of offices in which that office is included.
"(3) Regulations made for the purpose of paragraph (2) (a) shall not prescribe hours of attendance in relation to an office, or offices included in a class of offices, that are greater than the hours of attendance that would be

applicable to the office, or those offices, if a declaration, or declarations, under sub-section 29b (1) were not made in relation to the office, or those offices.
"(4) The hours of attendance applicable to an officer who holds an office in relation to which there is in force a declaration under sub-section 29b (1) shall, notwithstanding anything in—
     (a) the regulations or in a determination under sub-section 9 (7a) or section 82d; or
     (b) an industrial award made before the commencement of this section, be the hours of attendance specified in the declaration.
"(5) A declaration under sub-section 29b (1) in