# The Firefighters' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/78/schedule/2/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-16
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