52. In regulation 3.B.4 (joining this Section of the scheme)—
(a)for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a person in NHS employment who is eligible to be an active member of this Section of the scheme becomes such a member, unless absent from work for any reason, on either—
(a)the commencement of the person’s employment; or
(b)in circumstances where the person has previously opted out of this Section of the scheme under regulation 3.B.5(1), on that person’s—
(i)automatic enrolment date; or
(ii)automatic re-enrolment date, except where the notice referred to in regulation 3.B.5(1) was given within the period of 12 months immediately preceding that date.”;
(b)for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) A person who previously exercised an option to opt out of this Section of the scheme in accordance with regulation 3.B.5(1) in respect of an employment in which that person was an active member, and who remains eligible to be such a member in respect of that employment, may opt to join or rejoin this Section of the scheme by giving notice in writing to the employing authority in such form as the Scottish Ministers require.”; and
(c)omit paragraph (6).