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is employed by an education and library board and with the agreement of the Department and his employer, elects within 6 months of the commencement of his service; or

is employed by a person or body in respect of whose expenditure for the purpose for which he is employed grants are made either by the Department or by an education and library board and, with the agreement of the Department and his employer, elects within 6 months of the commencement of his service, or

a person mentioned in paragraph 7(c) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Teachers' Superannuation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 as in operation immediately before 1 April 2015.