CHAPTER 4N.I.Membership
Active membershipN.I.
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 membershipN.I.
29. A person (P) becomes a deferred member of this scheme in relation to a continuous period of pensionable service if—
(a)P 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)P is not a pensioner member of this scheme in relation to that period of service; and
(c)P has at least three months qualifying service or a transfer value payment other than from another occupational pension scheme has been accepted by this scheme in relation to P.
Pension credit memberN.I.
30. A person is a pension credit member of this scheme if the person has been given a pension credit in the scheme as a consequence of a pension debit created under Article 26 of the 1999 Order in relation to a member of this scheme.