Paragraph 16 Exception for tapered protection members during protection period

(1)

The protection period for a tapered protection member of the FPS or the NFPS is the period which—

(a)

begins on the day after the scheme closing date; and

(b)

ends when P ceases to be a tapered protection member of the FPS or the NFPS.

(2)

During the protection period—

(a)

P is eligible to be in pensionable service under the NFPS or where P is an active member of the FPS, eligible to be in pensionable service under that scheme;

(b)

section 18(1) of the 2014 Act does not apply in respect of that pensionable service; and

(c)

benefits are to be provided under the FPS or the NFPS, as the case may be, to or in respect of P in relation to that pensionable service.