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(a) who immediately before 16th May 1974 was a contributory employee to whom the Acts of 1937 to 1953 and the regulations made under them applied either as modified or extended by, or together with, any local Act or scheme;

(b) who on that date became a pensionable employee under a scheduled body (within the meaning of the 1987 Regulations); and

(c) to whom immediately before the commencement date regulation G1 of the 1987 Regulations applied.

     2. Where any relevant provision of the former scheme of a person to whom this Schedule applies would have been more beneficial than the corresponding provision of these Regulations, these Regulations have effect, for the appropriate period, as if the relevant provision had applied.

     3. For paragraph 2 the person's former scheme is the provisions which applied as mentioned in paragraph 1(a).

     4. For paragraph 2 a provision of a former scheme is a relevant provision if it was similar to one of the following provisions of these Regulations:-

(a) regulation 11 (members' contributions);

(b) regulations 20 to 22 (pay);

(c) regulation 24(3) to (5) (normal retirement age and NRD).

     5. For this Schedule the appropriate period is-

(a) the period of application specified in the relevant provision of the person's former scheme; or

(b) if none is specified, the period during which he continues in the employment of the body mentioned in paragraph 1(b) or of any successor body.