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or (3) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act and persons occupying those offices immediately before that date shall be entitled, on and after that date, to continue to occupy those offices as if they had been validly appointed, promoted or transferred, as the case may be, to those offices under and in accordance with sub-section 9 (1) or (2) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

6. (1) After section 9 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted in Part I:

Creation, &c., of offices in Parliamentary Departments
"9a. (1) The President may, after obtaining a report from the Clerk of the Senate—
     (a) create an office in the Department of the Senate; or
     (b) abolish an office in the Department of the Senate.
"(2) The Speaker may, after obtaining a report from the Clerk of the House of Representatives—
     (a) create an office in the Department of the House of Representatives; or
     (b) abolish an office in the Department of the House of Representatives.
"(3) The President and the Speaker may, after obtaining a report from the Parliamentary Librarian, the Principal Parliamentary Reporter or the Secretary to the Joint House Department, as the case may be—
     (a) create an office in the Department of the Parliamentary Library, the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff or the Joint House Department, as the case may be; or
     (b) abolish an office in the Department of the Parliamentary Library, the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff or the Joint House Department, as the case may be.
"(4) The President may, after obtaining a report from the Clerk of the Senate—
     (a) raise or lower the classification of an office in the Department of the Senate; or
     (b) alter the designation of an office in the Department of the Senate, other than the office of Clerk of the Senate.
"(5) The Speaker may, after obtaining a report from the Clerk of the House of Representatives—
     (a) raise or lower the classification of an office in the Department of the House of Representatives; or
     (b) alter the designation of an office in the Department of the House of Representatives,
other than the office of Clerk of the House of Representatives.

"(6) The President and the Speaker may, after obtaining a report from the Parliamentary Librarian, the Principal Parliamentary Reporter or the Secretary to the Joint House Department, as the case may be—
      (a) raise or lower the classification of an office in the Department of the Parliamentary Library, the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff or the Joint House Department, as the case may be; or
      (b) alter the designation of an office in the Department of