PART 3Scheme membership

CHAPTER 2Membership

Eligibility for active membership19.

(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 16 and has not reached 75.

(2)

P is not eligible to be an active member of this scheme if P is employed in an accepted school in which P has a financial interest.

(3)

In this regulation—

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

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

More than one employment20.

A person may be an active member of this scheme in relation to more than one employment.

Dual capacity membership21.

(1)

A person is a dual capacity member of this scheme if the person is a member in 2 or more of the following capacities—

(a)

an active member;

(b)

a deferred member;

(c)

a pensioner member.

(2)

In determining whether a person who is an active member is also a pensioner member, the fact that the person is an active member and the person's rights in that capacity are to be disregarded.

(3)

In determining whether a person who is an active member or a pensioner member is also a deferred member, the fact that the person is an active member or a pensioner member and the person's rights in that capacity are to be disregarded.

Payment of retirement benefits to dual capacity members22.

Retirement benefits under this scheme are payable to a dual capacity member as if the member were 2 or more members and the amounts payable are determined accordingly M1.