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Article 3 Alterations in the Terms of the 1966 Scheme

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(1)

The terms of the 1966 Scheme which require persons to become members of Section A of that Scheme shall not apply to—

(a)

any person who enters or has entered the service on or after the 1st July 1966, or

(b)

any person who has entered the service before the 1st July 1966 but, because the age and length of service conditions of the 1966 Scheme have not been satisfied in relation to him, has not become a member of Section A of that scheme before the 1st January 1967 and who on or before the date on which those conditions are satisfied in relation to him is accepted for membership of the New Fund, or

(c)

any person who, being a member of a salaried staff superannuation fund or scheme, moves on or after the 1st January 1967 within the service to a grade or class not eligible for membership of such salaried staff fund or scheme and who on or before ceasing to contribute to that fund or scheme is accepted for membership of the New Fund,

and any such person shall be ineligible for membership of Section A of the 1966 Scheme.

(2)

The terms of the 1966 Scheme which require persons to become members of Section B of that scheme shall not apply to—

(a)

any person who is rendered by paragraph (1) of this Article ineligible for membership of Section A of that scheme, or

(b)

any person who under the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Article has ceased to be a member of Section A of that scheme,

and any such person shall be ineligible for membership of Section B of the 1966 Scheme.

(3)

Any person in the service who immediately before the 1st January 1967 is a member of the 1966 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 1966 Scheme and shall thereafter be ineligible for such membership.

(4)

Where under the foregoing provisions of this Article a person who has a right of readmission to the 1966 Scheme becomes ineligible for membership thereof, that right of readmission shall terminate.