4.—(1) A person who immediately before 1st April 1974—
(a)was a justices' clerk (inner London area) or other officer employed by the Committee of magistrates for the inner London area, and
(b)was by virtue of regulation 2(1) of the Superannuation (Inner London Magistrates' Courts) Regulations 1965(1) entitled to superannuation rights corresponding with those to which he was entitled in respect of his service before 1st April 1965 as a justices' clerk in the county of London or an officer employed by the County of London Magistrates' Courts Committee,
is eligible to be a member of the Scheme unless there has since been a period of 12 months or more during which he was not such a clerk or officer as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or, in the case of such other officers as are mentioned in paragraph (a), an officer employed by the magistrates' courts committee for the inner London area.
(2) In their application to a person within sub-paragraph (1), these regulations have effect as if the committee of magistrates for the inner London area were an LGPS employer.