Payment in lieu of transfer

30.  In the case of a transferee authority where the accepted number of officers for the purposes of article 18(2) is less than the notified number of such officers for the purposes of paragraph (1) of the said article, the Greater London Council may require payment from the transferee authority for a period of two years from the relevant date of sums equal to not more than one half of the basic remuneration of each such officer who has not been so accepted:

Provided that nothing in this article shall apply to the remuneration of an officer for the time being required for the normal establishment of the Greater London Council.