Further restriction on eligibility6

In Regulation 5–

a

for regulation 5(10) substitute–

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A person who is a member and is an employee of a transferee admission body is treated as leaving a local government employment when he ceases to be employed in connection with the provision of the service or assets under regulation 4A(2) as a result of which employment he became eligible to join the Scheme.

b

after paragraph (5)(10) insert–

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A person may be a member of the Scheme notwithstanding that he is entitled to be a member of the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme for Scotland13 (the “NHS Scheme”) if–

a

his entitlement to be a member of the NHS Scheme is by reason of his employment by an NHS Scheme employing authority as a result of a prescribed arrangement under section 15 of The Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 200214 (delegation etc. between local authorities and NHS bodies);

b

he is specified in, or within a class of employees specified in, an admission agreement made between an administering authority and an NHS Scheme employing authority; and

c

he was an active member of the Scheme immediately before his employment by the NHS Scheme employing authority.