10.3.The election of a pensioner to not resume membership in the plan upon returning to work applies from the date on which Retraite Québec receives a notice in writing to that effect. However, the election made by a pensioner who did not have years or parts of a year of service credited or counted under the plan or who did not have years or parts of a year of service counted under section 3.2 of the Act respecting the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan (chapter R-10) from the first day on which the pensioner held his or her last pensionable employment under the first paragraph of section 153 of the Act, shall apply from that day.