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PART 3Scheme membership

CHAPTER 4Membership

Active membership

28.  A person (P) is an active member of this scheme if—

(a)P is in pensionable service under this scheme;

(b)P is not in pensionable service whilst on unpaid sick leave or on unpaid child-related leave or on a trade dispute where P had been an active member immediately before that leave or trade dispute began;

(c)P is on unpaid authorised absence and the scheme manager permits P to be treated as an active member; or

(d)P is on reserve forces service leave and P was an active member immediately before that leave began.

Deferred membership

29.  A person (P) is a deferred member of this scheme in relation to a continuous period of pensionable service if P—

(a)ceases to be an active member of this scheme in relation to that period of service before P claims a pension under this scheme in respect of that period of pensionable service;

(b)is not a pensioner member of this scheme in relation to that period of service; and

(c)has at least three months qualifying service or a transfer value payment otherwise than from another occupational pension scheme has been accepted by this scheme in relation to P.

Pension credit member

30.  A person is a pension credit member of this scheme if that person has been given a pension credit in the scheme as a consequence of a pension debit created under section 29 of the WPRA 1999 in relation to a member of this scheme.