Paragraph 19 Tapered protection: members of an existing schemeI1
England and Wales
This paragraph applies if—
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;
P was an active member of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme (“P’s transitional scheme”) on 31 March 2012;
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;
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
P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age—
under the NFPS during the period beginning with 2 April 2022 and ending with 31 March 2026, and
under P’s transitional scheme on or before 1 September 2025.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 2 para. 19 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)