15ARApplications by certain permanent servants to come under this Part

15AR Applications by certain permanent servants to come under this Part

15AR Applications by certain permanent servants to come under this Part

(1) A servant who, on 31 March 1977 was, and has since continued to be, a permanent servant may, in a form approved by the board, apply, on or after 1 April 1977, to come under the provisions of this Part if, when he makes the application, he is not a person in respect of whom contributions to the Benefits Fund are being paid.

(2) An applicant under subsection (1) shall furnish to the board with his application such details of his medical and personal history as are provided for in the form on which he makes the application.

(3) The board may, by notice in writing, require any such applicant to submit himself for such medical examination or examinations as the board may determine.

(4) The board shall consider any details of the medical and personal history of the applicant submitted by him and the results of any medical examination referred to in subsection (3) and shall, as it thinks fit—

(a) decide that the applicant shall be qualified for full additional benefits,

(b) approve of the application subject to the condition that the applicant shall be qualified for partial, but not full, additional benefits, or

(c) approve of the application subject to the condition that the applicant shall not be qualified for either such benefits.

(5) Where it approves of the application subject to the condition—

(a) that the applicant shall be qualified for partial, but not full, additional benefits, or

(b) that the applicant shall not be qualified for either such benefits,

the board shall, by notice in writing, inform the applicant of its decision, and if the applicant does not, in writing, and within 21 days after the date of the notice, or such further period not exceeding one month as the board may, whether before or after the expiration of that period of 21 days, determine, lodge with the board notice of his agreement to that condition, his application to come under the provisions of this Part shall be deemed to have lapsed.

(6) A person in respect of whom a decision is made under subsection (4) (a) becomes a contributor on the first day of a month to be determined by the board, and shall upon that day be qualified for full additional benefits.