# The Civil Service (Other Crown Servants) Pension Scheme Regulations 2016, Regulation 2A: Conditions of eligibility for a GCHQ eligible person


(1) A person (P) meets the conditions of eligibility if—
(a) P was an active member of one of the following on the protected transfer date—
(i) the First Connected Scheme;
(ii) the Second Connected Scheme;
(iii) the Third Connected Scheme;
(iv) the Fourth Connected Scheme;
(v) this scheme
(b) P is an active member of one of the schemes listed in sub-paragraph (a) after the protected transfer date; and
(c) since the protected transfer date P has been continuously employed by Government Communications Headquarters to carry out a protected function.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph 1(c), P has not been continuously employed where P has had a gap in service of any period.
(3) A person who ceases to meet the conditions of eligibility ceases to be a GCHQ eligible person on the date that the person ceases to meet those conditions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/326/regulation/2A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-service-other-crown-servants-pension-scheme-regulations-2016/regulation-2A
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