Application of Chapter 3.K
3.K.1.—(1) This Chapter makes provision in relation to persons who are active members of the 1995 Section on or after 1st October 2009 and who opt to become members of this Section of the scheme on the basis set out in this Chapter, including persons who—
(a)return to NHS practitioner service in respect of which there is a liability to pay contributions to the scheme in accordance with regulation D1 (contributions by members) of the 2011 Regulations (as modified by paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations) within a period of less than 5 years beginning with the day on which they last left such service (whether or not that period includes 1st October 2009);
(b)become members of the 1995 Section (whether for the first time or for a second or subsequent time having previously been a member of that Section) in accordance with regulation B2(3) (age limits and restrictions on membership) of the 2011 Regulations;
(c)are pensioner members of the 1995 Section in respect of a pension payable under regulation E6 (early retirement pension (redundancy etc.)) or E7 (early retirement pension (redundancy etc. new starters and post-transition)) of the 2011 Regulations.
(2) This Chapter does not apply to a person if—
(a)that person is an active member of the 1995 Section by virtue of regulation E2(12) (early retirement pension on ill health grounds (pre 1st April 2008)) of the 2011 Regulations; or
(b)that person is a former member of a corresponding 1995 scheme and the administrators of that scheme have confirmed that the person did not elect to join the relevant corresponding 2008 scheme when offered the opportunity to do so.
(3) In this Part, a member of this Section of the scheme to whom this Chapter applies is referred to as a “2008 Section Optant”.