5Certain employees may make election

5 Certain employees may make election

(1) Where at the commencement of this Act a person was not a contributor by reason only of being employed on a basis which required him to render service of less than one half the service of an ordinary employee, and who under the Principal Act as amended by this Act would but for the operation of this section be compelled to become a contributor, he may, within a period of three months from the commencement of this Act, elect not to become a contributor.

(2) Where at the commencement of this Act a person was not a contributor by reason only of—

(a) being employed on a basis which required him to render service of less than half the service of an ordinary employee; and

(b) not being a permanent employee within the meaning of the Principal Act—

and who under the Principal Act as amended by this Act and upon becoming a permanent employee within the meaning of the Principal Act would but for the operation of this section be compelled to become a contributor, he may, within a period of three months from the day of becoming a permanent employee, elect not to become a contributor.

(3) Where a person makes an election referred to in subsection (1) or (2), the Principal Act shall not apply to that person.

(4) Where a person referred to in subsection (1) or (2) does not elect not to become a contributor, his entitlement to benefits in respect of any period of service prior to the expiration of the four month period referred to in subsection (5) shall be determined in accordance with section 40(2) of the Principal Act.

(5) The contributions of a person referred to in subsection (1) or (2) who does not elect not to become a contributor shall be payable on and from the first pay day occurring four months after the commencement of this Act, or four months after he became a permanent employee (as the case requires). ↑

5. S. 20(5): See note 4. ↑

6. S. 44(1)(c): Section 17 of the State Employees Retirement Benefits (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 9978/1983 reads as follows: