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

F1a

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 conditions in regulation 7(10) of the existing scheme regulations.

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.