23Preservation of rights of certain former employees to contribute

23 Preservation of rights of certain former employees to contribute

Where a person: (a) at any time during the period commencing on 1 July 1975 and ending on 30 June 1976, commenced service in pursuance of a contract of employment entered into by him with the Government of Papua New Guinea; (b) was, immediately before the date on which he commenced that service, a contributor within the meaning of these Regulations as in force immediately before the last‑mentioned date; and (c) in pursuance of an election made by him, continued, on and after the date on which he commenced that service, to make contributions for a pension payable under these Regulations; that person shall be deemed to have been entitled to so continue to make those contributions.