Paragraph 12 Full protection: members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS on scheme closing dateI1

England and Wales

(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 31 March 2012; and

(c)

if P—

(i)

is an active member of the 1992 Scheme, P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under the 1992 Scheme^f1 on or before 1 April 2022; or

(ii)

is an active member, or eligible to be an active member, of the NFPS, P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under the NFPS^f2 on or before 1 April 2022.

(3)

This sub-paragraph applies if P—

(a)

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 31 March 2012;

(b)

was an active member or eligible to be an active member of the NFPS on the scheme closing date; and

(c)

would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under the NFPS and P’s transitional scheme on or before 1 April 2022.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1992/129: rule A13 provides that normal pension age is 55 and rule B1 enables regular firefighters over the age of 50 to retire once they have reckoned pensionable service of at least 25 years. Rule A13 as it has effect in Wales was substituted by S.I. 2006/1672. Rule B1 as it has effect in Wales has been amended by S.I. 2005/566 and 2014/3242.
f2: S.I. 2007/1072 (W. 110): rule 3(1) of Part 2 provides that normal retirement age of firefighter members is 60.