The Greater London Council shall notify to each transferee authority the number of officers employed on maintenance operations within each class described in Part II of Schedule 2 to this order who are available for transfer to that authority.

On receipt of a notification under paragraph (1), the transferee authority shall inform the Greater London Council of the number in each such class (not exceeding that notified) acceptable to the authority for such transfer.

In respect of each transferee authority, the Greater London Council shall notify the accepted number of officers of each class described as aforesaid of their intended transfer to that authority.

Any officer notified by the Greater London Council under the last foregoing paragraph shall, on the relevant date, be transferred to the employment of the transferee authority.

Where, before the transfer of any officer under this article, that officer resigns from the service of the Greater London Council, that Council shall notify another officer of the like description, and paragraph (4) shall apply to such officer as it applied to the first-mentioned officer:

Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall apply where there is no such officer of the Greater London Council who would be surplus to the requirements of the Council after the date of transfer.