PART 3Scheme membership

CHAPTER 2Membership

Eligibility for active membership18

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 the age of 16 and has not reached the age of 75.

2

P is not eligible to be an active member of this scheme if—

a

P is employed in an accepted school in which P has a financial interest;

b

P is a full protection member of the existing scheme;

c

P is a tapered protection member of the existing scheme; or

d

P satisfies the condition in regulation B7 of the 2005 Regulations.

3

In this regulation—

  • “financial interest” does not include the right to receive a salary; and

  • “accepted school” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1.