PART 3

Scheme membership
CHAPTER 2

Membership

Eligibility for active membership
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1
A person (P) is eligible to be an active member of this scheme if—
a
P is in an eligible employment; and
b
P has reached 16 and has not reached 75.
2
P is not eligible to be an active member of this scheme if P is employed in an accepted school in which P has a financial interest.
3
In this regulation “a financial interest” does not include the right to receive a salary.

More than one employment
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A person may be an active member of this scheme in relation to more than one employment.

Dual capacity membership
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1
A person is a dual capacity member of this scheme if the person is a member in 2 or more of the following capacities—
a
an active member;
b
a deferred member;
c
a pensioner member.
2
In determining whether a person who is an active member is also a pensioner member, the fact that the person is an active member and the person’s rights in either of those capacities are to be disregarded.
3
In determining whether a person who is an active member or a pensioner member is also a deferred member, the fact that the person is an active member or a pensioner member and the person’s rights in that capacity are to be disregarded.

Payment of retirement benefits to dual capacity members
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Retirement benefits under this scheme are payable to a dual capacity member as if the member were 2 or more members and the amounts payable are determined accordingly .
The result is that 2 or more pensions lump sums may be payable in respect of the one member.