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CONFIDENTIAL

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