means any person declared as a dormant member in terms of section 27, any person who in terms of section 15 of the General Pensions Act, 1979 (Act No. 29 of 1979), was declared a dormant member of the Government Service Pension Fund and who immediately before the fixed date was still such a member, and any person who in terms of any law mentioned in section 14(5) was declared as a dormant member of a previous fund and who immediately before the date determined in terms of section 14(1) in respect of that previous fund, was still such a member;