# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014, Paragraph 13: Full protection: members of an existing scheme

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This paragraph applies if—
(a) P was an active member of an existing scheme (other than the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS) or an existing public body pension scheme on the closing date for that scheme;
(b) P was an active member of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme (“P’s transitional scheme”) on 31st March 2012;
(c) P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS not more than five years after leaving pensionable service under an existing scheme other than the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS;
(d) on the date that P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS, P would have been a fully protected member of the existing scheme referred to in sub-paragraph (c) had P re-entered service which is pensionable under that scheme on that date; and
(e) P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under the NFPS and P’s transitional scheme on or before 1st April 2022.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2848/schedule/2/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-regulations-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-13
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