In section 27 of the 1961 Measure (power of Board to administer pensions schemes for church workers) at the beginning there shall be inserted “(1)”, after the word “widows” there shall be inserted the word “widowers” and for the words from “A person who is a member of a scheme” to the end of the section there shall be substituted the following subsections—
“(2)A deaconess or licensed lay worker who is performing, or has performed, service which is, or is treated as, pensionable service for the purposes of this Measure shall not be eligible to join a scheme established or administered under this section, unless the Board at their discretion grant the deaconess or lay worker permission to do so.
(3)The Board may at their discretion grant a clerk permission to join a scheme established or administered under this section.
(4)A person who is a member of a scheme established or administered under this section shall be disqualified from continued membership thereof if the service performed by that person becomes service which is, or is treated as, pensionable service for the purposes of this Measure.”