{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-waterways-board-alteration-of-pension-schemes-order-1971/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-waterways-board-alteration-of-pension-schemes-order-1971/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1971/629",
  "legislation_title": "The British Waterways Board (Alteration of Pension Schemes) Order 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-waterways-board-alteration-of-pension-schemes-order-1971",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Alterations in the terms of the Male Wages Grades Scheme",
  "text": "(1) This Article shall apply to the Male Wages Grades Scheme.\n(2) Any person in the service who immediately before the 14th May 1971 is a member of the Male Wages Grades Scheme and who becomes a member of the New Fund on or after that date shall, on becoming such a member, cease to be a member of the Male Wages Grades Scheme.\n(3) The terms of the Male Wages Grades Scheme which require persons to become members of Section B of that Scheme shall not apply to—\n(a) any person referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article, or\n(b) any other person who becomes a member of the New Fund on or after 14th May 1971.\n(4) Any person who becomes a member of the New Fund on or after the 14th May 1971 shall at all times after becoming a member thereof be ineligible for membership of either Section A or Section B of the Male Wages Grades Scheme.\n(5) Where a person ceases to be a member of the Male Wages Grades Scheme under the foregoing provisions of this Article, the New Fund shall be credited by the Board with a sum equal to the contributions paid by such person to the Male Wages Grades Scheme.\n(6) Where under the foregoing provisions of this Article a person who has a right of re-admission to the Male Wages Grades Scheme becomes ineligible for membership thereof, that right of re-admission shall terminate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/629/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:46:37.090984+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}