13 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 51(2)(b) of the Act, a person to whom these Regulations apply, and to whom subsection 51(2) of the Act applied on November 1, 1996, and who has not made an election pursuant to paragraph 51(2)(b) of the Act, may, within thirty days after the coming into force of this section, elect to become a participant as defined in paragraph (c) of the definition participant in subsection 47(1) of the Act.