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The grade and step at which staff are engaged shall be stated in their contract. A staff member shall be recruited at the first step in his grade. However, the director may, taking account of the training and special experience for the post of the person concerned, allow additional seniority in his grade. This shall not exceed 48 months. A staff member assigned to a post in a higher grade than at which he was engaged shall, in his new grade, have the seniority corresponding to the notional step equal to or next above the notional step reached in his former grade, plus the amount of the two-yearly increment for his new grade. For the purpose of this provision, each grade shall be divided into notional steps corresponding to months of service and notional salaries, rising by one twenty-fourth of the two-yearly increment for that grade, throughout the span of the actual steps. In no case shall the staff member receive in his new grade a basic salary lower than that which he would have received in his former grade. A staff member assigned to a post in a higher grade than that at which he was engaged shall be classified not lower than the initial step for that grade.