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maintained,
and
the
contribution
rate
of
the
should be set on
basis Of the advice of the UK
Government Actuary's Department (GAD)
(para. 10-13);
(iii)
only to unmarried
past contributions should be refunded
members on opting
out of the schemes but married members
should have their dependant pension
benefits preserved (para. 14-17);
(iv)
tae voluntary WCPS should be open to
Model Scale 1 staff, female officers
and junior disciplined services
officers who are currently excluded or
exempted (para. 18-19);
(v)
beneficiaries
should
be clearly
defined, with the pensionable age for
dependant children standardised, but
the Board of Directors of the schemes
have discretion to accept
shoul
bona-fide dependants not otherwise
covered (para. 20-22); and