Regulation B1 Full-time employment
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and regulations B5 to B7, a person is in pensionable employment while he is in full-time employment in a capacity described in Schedule 2 and satisfies every condition, and is not within any exception, specified in Schedule 2 in relation to employment in that capacity.
Full-time employment in a capacity described in Part II of Schedule 2 is not pensionable unless the person has elected that it is to be so.
An election for the purposes of paragraph (2)—
must be made by giving written notice to the Secretary of State within 3 months after the start of the employment, and
except in the case of employment in a capacity described in paragraph 14, 21, 22 or 24 of Schedule 2, may not be made without the consent of the employer.