# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 12: Full protection: members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS on scheme closing date

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(1) This paragraph applies if sub-paragraph (2) or sub-paragraph (3) applies.
(2) This sub-paragraph applies if—
(a) P was an active member of the 1992 Scheme or an active member, or eligible to be an active member, of the NFPS on the scheme closing date;
(b) P was an active member of the 1992 Scheme or an active member, or eligible to be an active member, of the NFPS on 31st March 2012; and
(c) where P was on 31st March 2012—
(i) an active member of the 1992 Scheme, P had on 1st April 2012—
(aa) reached age 45; or
(bb) reached age 40 and had at least 20 years’ pensionable service under that scheme; or
(ii) an active member or eligible to be an active member of the NFPS, P had on 1st April 2012 reached age 50.
(3) This sub-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 (“P’s transitional scheme”) on 31st March 2012;
(b) P was an active member or eligible to be an active member of the NFPS on the scheme closing date; and
(c) 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/ssi/2015/19/schedule/2/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-12
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