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5.—(1) A person ceases to be an active member in an employment if that person ceases to be eligible for membership of the Scheme through that employment and membership in that employment ceases from the date that eligibility ceases.
(2) A person ceases to be an active member in an employment from the date specified in a written notice given by that person to that person's Scheme employer that the person wishes to leave the Scheme.
(3) But an active member who gives notice under paragraph (2) specifying no date, or a date earlier than the date the notice is given, ceases to be an active member in that employment at the end of the payment period during which the notice is given.
(4) A person ceases to be an active member when that person attains the age of 75.
(5) A person who, by virtue of a written notice given under paragraph (2), ceases to be an active member before being an active member for three months is to be treated as not having been an active member.