Paragraph 2

after paragraph (1)(b) there is inserted—

“(ba)

in the case of a person who—

(i)

has become a member on the transfer of his employment to a new employer as a result of a transfer of an undertaking to that employer, and

(ii)

has rights under another occupational pension scheme to which he was eligible to belong in his former employment in respect of which no transfer payment has been accepted under regulation N1(4) or N4,

the period of employment that qualified the member for those rights;”; and

after paragraph (4) there is inserted—

“(4A)

Where a member who is employed on a casual basis—

(a)

ceases to pay contributions because of a break in his pensionable employment of a period not exceeding three months, and

(b)

re-enters pensionable employment on the same basis after the break,

for the purposes of these Regulations he is treated as continuing to be in qualifying service (but not pensionable service) during the break, and as not being required to rejoin the scheme when he re-enters pensionable employment.”.