(1) The chief executive officer of the department principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act may, for the purpose of assisting a political office holder, create under section 36 one or more special offices within that department.

(2) A special office created under subsection (1) may be occupied by ¾

(a) a person who ¾

(i) is appointed to fill a vacancy in that office under section 64(3); or

(ii) is transferred to that office under section 65(1) or (2),

and whose salary does not exceed such level as is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph; or

(b) an employee in a department or organisation who is seconded to occupy that office.

(3) An employee referred to in subsection (2)(b) ¾

(a) whose salary has exceeded the level referred to in subsection (2)(a); and

(b) who has occupied a special office created under subsection (1),

continuously for at least 2 years is entitled to have his or her level of classification reviewed by such person or persons as are appointed by the Minister.