Regulation 10 Joining the SchemeI1

A person who is eligible to be an active member of the Scheme on the day the employment begins becomes an active member on that day unless the person notifies his or her employer in writing before his or her employment begins that he or she does not wish to become a member on that date.

A person who applies to become a member after the date the member would otherwise become a member under paragraph (1) becomes a member on the first day of the first payment period following the application.

Subject to paragraph (5), a person who only becomes eligible to be a member of the Scheme on a date after the employment begins becomes an active member on that date unless the person notifies his or her employer in writing before that date that he or she does not wish to become a member on that date.

A person who applies to become a member after the date the person would otherwise become a member under paragraph (3) becomes a member on the first day of the first payment period following the application.

A person referred to in paragraph (3) who is employed by a body listed in Schedule 2 may be an active member from the date that the employment began if the person applies to be so and pays contributions in respect of that earlier period at the appropriate contribution rate as provided in regulation 4 of the Benefits Regulations (contributions payable by active members).

A former active member who is eligible for membership may reapply for membership of the Scheme and becomes an active member on the first day of the first payment period following the application.

In paragraphs (2), (4) and (6), regulation 11(5) (ending of membership) and regulation 20(7) (payment of additional regular contributions), a payment period is a period of service to which the employee’s wages or salary payment relate.