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Paragraph 2 Eligibility for payment

Any person who is or was on the relevant date employed at a coal mine or a prescribed place being either—

(a)

a person so employed by the Board, by one of their subsidiaries, or by a small mine licensee—

(i)

in a grade which renders him eligible for membership of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme or the Coal Industry Ancillary Workers Pension Scheme; or

(ii)

in a grade which is specified in Appendix 2; or

(b)

a person so employed as a workmen's employee,

shall, subject as hereinafter provided, be eligible for payments under this Scheme and not under either of the former Schemes and such person is hereafter referred to as a “coal industry employee”.