Why do we require that $1 \in A$ in defining n-admissible functions?

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In the proof of the Iteration Theorem in Eliot Mendelson's book Number Systems and the Foundations of Analysis (1973), page 57, the author defines a function $f: A \to W$ to be n-admissible iff:

  1. $A \subseteq P$
  2. $1 \in A$
  3. $n \in A$
  4. $\forall u (S(u) \in A \implies u \in A)$
  5. $f(1) = c$
  6. $\forall u (S(u) \in A \implies f(S(u)) = g(f(u))).$

I don't see why we need (2). Do (3) and (4) not imply that $1 \in A$?