Ending active membershipN.I.
7.—(1) A person ceases to be an active member in an employment if that person ceases to be eligible for membership of the Scheme through that employment, and membership in that employment ceases from the date that eligibility ceases.
(2) A person ceases to be an active member in an employment from the date specified in a written notice that the person wishes to leave the Scheme, given by that person to that person's employing authority.
(3) But an active member who gives notice under paragraph (2) specifying no date, or a date earlier than the date the notice is given, or a date prior to the end of a payment period for which the payroll has already closed, ceases to be an active member in that employment at the end of the payment period during which the notice is given.
(4) A person ceases to be an active member when that person attains the age of 75.
(5) A person who, by virtue of a written notice given under paragraph (2), ceases to be an active member of the Scheme before being an active member of the Scheme for three months is to be treated as not having been an active member, except where the employment is one in which the member is working reduced hours or is employed on a reduced grade following an election under regulation 31(6) (retirement benefits, flexible retirement pensions).