15.1. The officers and other employees of the Fund who have been appointed on a permanent basis under the Civil Service Act (1965, 1st session, chapter 14) before 22 December 1977 shall not be dismissed or removed except under section 87 or 97 of the Civil Service Act (chapter F-3.1), as the case may be. They retain their right to be kept available or to be transferred to a position in the civil service requiring the same classification as they held on that date.