18.— (1) Every person who immediately before the appointed day is a member of the staff of Regtel shall on that day become a member of the staff of the Commission.

(2) Subject to the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance, a person transferred under subsection (1) shall not while in the service of the Commission receive a lesser scale of pay or be subject to less beneficial conditions of service or less favourable tenure of office than that to which he or she was entitled or enjoyed immediately before the appointed day.