Person within principal civil service pension scheme prior to appointment
3(1)This paragraph has effect as respects a person who at the time of his appointment to an office within paragraph 1 above was employed in the civil service of the State and was subject to the principal civil service pension scheme.
(2)If such a person so elects—
(a)he shall continue to be subject to the principal civil service pension scheme as if service in an office within paragraph 1 above were employment in the civil service of the State, and
(b)the provisions of Parts II, III and IV of this Schedule, and of Part II of this Act, shall not apply to him.
(3)An election under this paragraph shall be made by notice in writing in such form and within such period as may be prescribed by the Lord Chancellor.