Article 9 Alterations as respects ex-gratia schemes
(1)
Subject to paragraph (2) of this Article, where a person who has an expectation of benefit from a pension scheme of the Board which originated in a customary practice of a predecessor of the Board becomes a member of the New Fund on or after the 14th September 1970, his expectation of benefit from that scheme shall cease.
(2)
Paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply in relation to the supplementary pension scheme for officers and certain other salaried staff of the former London and North Eastern Railway Company who were in the Special Class (or equivalent) at the 31st December 1947.