Government Employees Pension Law, 1996Schedule 1 : Rules of the Government Employees Pension Fund5. Membership |
| 5.1 | A person becomes a member of the Fund in terms of section 4 of the Law. |
| 5.2 | Subject to the provisions of section 4 of the Law and the rules, a member ceases to be a member of the Fund if— |
| 5.2.1 | he or she is retired or discharged in terms of an act which determines his or her conditions of service; |
| 5.2.2 | he or she resigns from his or her employer's service; |
| 5.2.3 | he or she dies; |
| 5.2.4 | he or she is obliged to join an approved retirement fund or a related fund as a result of a change in his or her conditions of service, whether in terms of legislation or for another reason; or |
| 5.2.5 | his or her employment circumstances change to the effect envisaged in section 5 of the Law unless his or her and the employers' contributions in terms of rule 7 are continued to be paid to the Fund, whichever occurs first. |