sec.51Membership by particular employees of existing GOCs

### sec.51 Membership by particular employees of existing GOCs This section applies to an employee of an existing GOC if, immediately before the commencement— the employee was not the subject of a notice under former section 13; or the employee’s membership in the scheme was discretionary, under a notice under former section 13, and the employee’s employer had nominated a fund other than the scheme to be the default fund for the employee. The employee can not become a member of the scheme under a default arrangement. Subsection (2) does not prevent the employee from continuing to be, or becoming a member of the scheme, other than under a default arrangement. In this section— default arrangement , in relation to membership of the scheme, means membership of the scheme by way of— a declaration, under section 14B(1)(c), that the employee’s membership in the scheme is compulsory; or a declaration, under section 15A, that the employee is a core government employee for this Act; or the scheme being the employee’s default fund. default fund , for an employee, has the meaning given by section 15E. existing GOC means a GOC in existence immediately before the commencement. former section 13 means section 13 as in force before the commencement. s 51 (prev s 34A) ins 2016 No. 64 s 71 renum 2021 No. 20 s 7 (sec.51-ssec.1) This section applies to an employee of an existing GOC if, immediately before the commencement— the employee was not the subject of a notice under former section 13; or the employee’s membership in the scheme was discretionary, under a notice under former section 13, and the employee’s employer had nominated a fund other than the scheme to be the default fund for the employee. (sec.51-ssec.2) The employee can not become a member of the scheme under a default arrangement. (sec.51-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not prevent the employee from continuing to be, or becoming a member of the scheme, other than under a default arrangement. (sec.51-ssec.4) In this section— default arrangement , in relation to membership of the scheme, means membership of the scheme by way of— a declaration, under section 14B(1)(c), that the employee’s membership in the scheme is compulsory; or a declaration, under section 15A, that the employee is a core government employee for this Act; or the scheme being the employee’s default fund. default fund , for an employee, has the meaning given by section 15E. existing GOC means a GOC in existence immediately before the commencement. former section 13 means section 13 as in force before the commencement. - (a) the employee was not the subject of a notice under former section 13; or - (b) the employee’s membership in the scheme was discretionary, under a notice under former section 13, and the employee’s employer had nominated a fund other than the scheme to be the default fund for the employee. - (a) a declaration, under section 14B(1)(c), that the employee’s membership in the scheme is compulsory; or - (b) a declaration, under section 15A, that the employee is a core government employee for this Act; or - (c) the scheme being the employee’s default fund.