16(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—
(a)a person is, by reference to employment as a member of the Agency’s staff, a participant in a scheme under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972, and
(b)the person becomes an appointed member of the Agency.
(2)The Minister for the Civil Service may determine that the person’s service as an appointed member of the Agency is to be treated for the purposes of the scheme as employment as a member of the Agency’s staff (whether or not any benefits are payable to or in respect of him under paragraph 12).