Functions of employing authorities and the Committee
5.—(1) As soon as an employing authority receives a notice under paragraph 1 it shall forward it to the Committee.
(2) The Committee shall give effect to a notice under paragraph 1 as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event—
(a)in the case of a notice under paragraph 1(1), so that the member may begin to pay his contributions under paragraph 4 before the expiry of the period of six months beginning with the date on which he gives notice, and
(b)in the case of a notice under paragraph 1(2), so that the member may pay his contribution at the varied amount or in the varied proportions, or, as the case may be, cease to pay his contributions, before the expiry of the period of three months beginning with that date.