21Exemption from payment of contributions

21 Exemption from payment of contributions

21 Exemption from payment of contributions

(1) Where—

(a) a contributor makes written application to the Board for an exemption under this section, and

(b) the Board is satisfied—

(i) that adequate provision has been made for the contributor and his family, if any, with respect to the retirement of the contributor, or

(ii) that there are other special circumstances which justify his being exempted from the payment of contributions under this Act,

the Board may, by its order, exempt him from paying contributions to the Fund.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, while an order made under subsection (1) is in force, the person in respect of whom the order was made—

(a) shall not be required to contribute to the Fund, and

(b) shall be deemed not to be a contributor for the purposes of this Act.

s 21: Subst 1983 No 63, Sch 1 (7).