# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014, Paragraph 19: Tapered 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 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—
(i) the NFPS during the period beginning with 2nd April 2022 and ending with 31st March 2026, and
(ii) P’s transitional scheme on or before 1st September 2025.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2848/schedule/2/paragraph/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-regulations-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-19
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.