Derek McDowell (Labour)

I did not express myself clearly. Perhaps I could try again. The relevant parts are set out in section 2(4)(a). It states: "[Where] a person duly receives a written offer of appointment as a public servant before 1 April and takes up that offer after that date,". Section 2(4)(II), which can be read in conjunction with this, states: "where paragraph (a) applies, the terms of the offer of appointment would be contravened if subsection (1) were to apply,". It requires that the terms of the offer would be contravened before the saver was to apply. I am not clear what is meant by "the terms of the offer of appointment".