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Chapter: | 279C
 | Title: | GRANT SCHOOLS PROVIDENT FUND RULES | Gazette Number: | 3 of 2003 |
| Rule: | 7 | Heading: | Contributors | Version Date: | 28/02/2003 |
(1) Every teacher approved for the purposes of the Grant Code or the code of aid for secondary schools (including any such teacher while on probation) shall be required to contribute to the fund in the manner provided in rule 8, except- (L.N. 87 of 1976; L.N. 239 of 1982; L.N. 162 of 1996)
- (a) any teacher employed on a temporary basis;
(b) any teacher in receipt of salary based on a salary scale applicable to unqualified teachers:
- Provided that any such teacher may at his option contribute to the fund;
- (d) any teacher who, on being first appointed to a grant school, is over the age of 55 years: (L.N. 162 of 1996)
- Provided that-
- (i) the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in the case of any such teacher who, at the time of first appointment to a grant school, is in continuous contributory service by reason of making contribution to the Subsidized Schools Provident Fund; and
(ii) any such teacher who, at the time of first appointment to a grant school, is in continuous contributory service otherwise than by reason of making contribution to the Subsidized Schools Provident Fund, may at his option contribute to the fund;
- Provided that any such teacher may at his option contribute to the fund;
- Provided that, subject to the approval of the Permanent Secretary, any such teacher may at his option contribute to the fund. (3 of 2003 s. 16)
(2) Any option exercised pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) may be exercised at any time, but shall- (L.N. 239 of 1982; L.N. 162 of 1996)
- (a) be irrevocable; and
(b) not be exercised with retrospective effect otherwise than-
- (i) to the date of first appointment in a grant school, or
(ii) for a period of 3 months,
whichever is the less.
(3) Any question arising as to whether, for the purpose of paragraph (1), a teacher is employed on a temporary basis shall be determined by the Permanent Secretary whose decision shall be final. (3 of 2003 s. 16)
(4) Where a grant school ceases to be a grant school and becomes a DSS school, a contributor employed in the grant school who commences employment in the DSS school as a teacher may, subject to rule 7A, contribute to the fund. (L.N. 78 of 2000)
(5) Where a teacher employed in a grant school commences employment in a DSS school as a teacher for the first time (since the commencement# of the Grant Schools Provident Fund (Amendment) Rules 2000 (L.N. 78 of 2000)) in a case other than that to which paragraph (4) applies, he may, subject to rule 7B, contribute to the fund. (L.N. 78 of 2000)
(6) A contributor employed in a DSS school may at any time opt not to contribute to the fund. (L.N. 78 of 2000)
(7) A contributor employed in a DSS school who has exercised the option under paragraph (6) is not entitled to contribute to the fund when he is employed in the DSS school. (L.N. 78 of 2000)
(G.N.A. 116 of 1961)
___________________________________________________________________Note:
* Rule 7(2A) and (2B) has been repealed and is reproduced as follows-
- "(2A) An option to contribute to the fund by a teacher to whom paragraph (1)(d) applies (other than a teacher first appointed to a grant school on or after 24 June 1982) or by a teacher to whom paragraph (1A) applies-
- (a) shall be irrevocable; and
(b) if exercised not later than 3 months after 24 June 1982, may be retrospective to the date of his first appointment to a grant school, or to such other date after such first appointment, as the teacher may specify in the option, but in any event shall not be retrospective to a date earlier than 1 September 1980. (L.N. 239 of 1982)