28.—(1) In the case of members who are practitioners, regulation R4 (members doing more than one job) is modified as described in this paragraph in relation to any practitioner who is in concurrent employment as an officer.
(2) A practitioner who opts not to contribute to this Section of the scheme in respect of the practitioner’s employment as a practitioner may, nevertheless, participate in this Section of the scheme in respect of concurrent employment as an officer.
(3) Regulation R4(2) is modified so that a practitioner may participate in this Section of the scheme in respect of concurrent whole-time or part-time employment as an officer, even if the practitioner also participates in this Section of the scheme in respect of employment as a practitioner.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph 16 (early retirement pension — ill health), any amount by which a member’s service in respect of concurrent employments exceeds the period during which the member carried on those employments will be ignored for the purpose of calculating the member’s total service.
(5) If a transfer payment is accepted in respect of a member who is contributing to this Section of the scheme in respect of employment as a practitioner and concurrent employment as an officer, the member may elect whether the benefits in respect of the transfer payment should be calculated as described in regulations N1 to N4 or as described in paragraph 27 (transfers from other pension arrangements).