Regulation 86

For regulation 5(5) (membership of the scheme) substitute—

“(5)

A person who was a deferred member of one of the earlier Schemes whose benefits under those Schemes have not come into payment and who becomes an active member of the Scheme by virtue of regulation 3(1) (active membership) of the 2014 Regulations without a disqualifying break, may choose, by notice in writing to the Committee to be treated as if he or she had become an active member of the Scheme by virtue of paragraph (1)—

(a)

within 12 months of becoming a member of the Scheme; or

(b)

within such longer period as the employing authority permits.”.