The British Transport Docks Board (Alteration of Pension Schemes) Order 1968

Alterations in the terms of the Male Wages Grades Scheme

3.—(1) This Article shall apply to the Male Wages Grades Scheme.

(2) The terms of the Male Wages Grades Scheme which require persons to become members of Section A of that Scheme shall not apply to–

(a) any person who enters or has entered the service on or after the 6th May 1968, or

(b) any person who has entered the service before the 6th May 1968 but who, because the age and length of service conditions of the Male Wages Grades Scheme have not been satisfied in relation to him, has not become a member of Section A of that Scheme before the 2nd September 1968 and who on or before the date on which those conditions are satisfied in relation to him is accepted for membership of the New Fund, or

(c) any person who, being a member of a salaried staff superannuation fund or scheme, moves on or after the 2nd September 1968 within the service to a grade or class not eligible for membership of such salaried staff fund or scheme and who on or before ceasing to contribute to that fund or scheme is a accepted for membership of the New Fund.

(3) The terms of the Male Wages Grades Scheme which require persons to become members of Section B of that Scheme shall not apply to–

(a) any person referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article, or

(b) any other person who becomes a member of the New Fund on or after the 2nd September 1968.

(4) Any person in the service who immediately before the 2nd September 1968 is a member of the Male Wages Grades Scheme and who becomes a member of the New Fund on or after that date shall, on becoming such a member, cease to be a member of the Male Wages Grades Scheme.

(5) Any person who becomes a member of the New Fund on or after the 2nd September 1968 shall at all times after becoming a member thereof be ineligible for membership of either Section of the Male Wages Grades Scheme.

(6) Where a person ceases to be a member of the Male Wages Grades Scheme under the foregoing provisions of this Article, the New Fund shall be credited with a sum equal to the contributions paid by such person to the Male Wages Grades Scheme.

(7) Where under the foregoing provisions of this Article a person who has a right of re-admission to the Male Wages Grades Scheme becomes ineligible for membership thereof, that right of re-admission shall terminate.