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(b) With regard to Benefits available under the Plan for which Premium Expenses apply, such Participant shall be deemed to have made the same Benefit elections as are then in effect for the current Plan Year. The Participant shall also be deemed to have elected Salary Redirection in an amount necessary to purchase such Benefit options. 5.4 CHANGE OF ELECTIONS (a) For all Benefits other than accident or health and group-term life benefits, any Participant may change a Benefit election after the Plan Year (to which such election relates) has commenced and make new elections with respect to the remainder of such Plan Year if the changes are necessitated by and are consistent with a change in family status which is acceptable under rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of the Treasury. Benefit election changes are consistent with family status changes only if the election changes are necessary or appropriate as a result of the family status change. Any new election under this Section 5.4 shall be effective at such time as the Administrator shall prescribe, but not earlier than the first pay period beginning after the election form is completed and returned to the Administrator. For the purposes of this paragraph, the following events shall be considered examples of a change in family status: (1) the marriage or divorce of the Participant; (2) the birth or adoption of a child by the Participant; (3) the death of the Participant's spouse or a Dependent; (4) the termination or commencement of employment of the Participant's spouse; . (5) the switching from part-time to full-time employment status (or from full-time to part-time status) by the Participant or the Participant's spouse; or (6) the taking of an unpaid leave of absence by the Participant or the Participant's spouse. (b) Generally, the termination of employment by a Participant shall not be considered a change in family status. Therefore, upon termination, such Participant shall not be entitled to change existing Benefit elections. Rather, such termination shall constitute a revocation of all existing benefit elections. (c) For accident or health and group-term life benefits, any Participant may change a Benefit election after the Plan Year (to which such election relates) has commenced and make new elections with respect to the remainder of such Plan Year if, under the facts and circumstances, the changes are necessitated by and are consistent with a change in status 11