1. In Part 2 (scheme membership, cessation and retirement)—
(a)in article 4 (scheme membership), for paragraph (2A) substitute—
“(2A) Where a person who—
(a)having taken up employment as a firefighter before 6th April 2006;
(b)having continued in such employment until his automatic enrolment date;
(c)having made an election not to pay pension contributions under the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 or not being eligible to be a member of the Firefighters’s Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007; and
(d)having not otherwise elected to become a member of this Scheme,
is automatically enrolled in this Scheme, that enrolment shall constitute an election to become a firefighter member of this Scheme.”.
(b)in article 8 (election not to make pension contributions) the paragraph numbered (1A) immediately before paragraph (2) shall be re-numbered (1B)(1).
Relevant amendment S.R. 2013 No. 172 article 2(b)