[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR351.301] [Page 242-243] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 351_REDUCTION IN FORCE--Table of Contents Subpart C_Transfer of Function Sec. 351.301 Applicability. Source: 52 FR 10024, Mar. 30, 1987, unless otherwise noted. (a) This subpart is applicable when the work of one or more employees is moved from one competitive area to another as a transfer of function regardless of whether or not the movement is made under authority of a statute, Executive order, reorganization plan, or other authority. [[Page 243]] (b) In a transfer of function, the function must cease in the losing competitive area and continue in an identical form in the gaining competitive area (i.e., in the gaining competitive area, the function continues to be carried out by competing employees rather than by noncompeting employees). [52 FR 10024, Mar. 30, 1987, as amended at 60 FR 3062, Jan. 13, 1995]