Regulations on Central Government Personnel Quota Management Article 12

When the second-level agency or below needs to adjust the allocation of the budgetary personnel headcount during the year, except for the budgetary personnel headcount due to reaffiliation, consolidation or adjustment of the agency, said second-level agency shall determine the personnel headcount within the quota for each manpower category of the originally allocated budgetary personnel headcount according to the increase or decrease of its duties and its actual needs.When the first-level agency needs to adjust the allocation of the budgetary personnel headcount allocation during the year, its superordinate first-level agency shall determine the headcount within the total budgetary personnel headcount originally allocated for each manpower category.For the budgetary personnel headcount due to reaffiliation, merger or adjustment, the agency shall submit the proposal thereof to its superordinate first-level agency for approval.The approving agency shall, upon approval, notify the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration, Executive Yuan by letter of the budgetary personnel headcount adjusted by the agency in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs.