Eligibility for payment
2.
(a)a person so employed by the Board, by one of their subsidiaries, or by a small mine licensee—
(i)in a grade which renders him eligible for membership of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme or the Coal Industry Ancillary Workers Pension Scheme; or
(ii)in a grade which is specified in Appendix 2; or
2.
(b)a person so employed as a workmen's employee,
shall, subject as hereinafter provided, be eligible for payments under this Scheme and not under either of the former Schemes and such person is hereafter referred to as a “coal industry employee”.