Paragraph 4C Standard membership of this Scheme after the transition dateF1

(1)

In the case of a standard member of this Scheme to whom article 4B applies and who joins the 2015 Scheme with continuity of service—

(a)

if that person (P) remains in pensionable service in that Scheme, P is a connected member of this Scheme in respect of the membership to which paragraph (4) applies;

(b)

if P opts out of pensionable service in the 2015 Scheme or leaves scheme employment in the 2015 Scheme before reaching normal retirement age, P is a deferred member of this Scheme;

(c)

if P opts into the 2015 Scheme or takes up scheme employment in the 2015 Scheme and paragraph (2) applies, P is again a connected member of this Scheme.

(2)

This paragraph applies if P re-enters pensionable service under the 2015 Scheme after a gap in pensionable service not exceeding 5 years.

(3)

In the case of a standard member of this Scheme to whom article 4B applies and who joins the 2015 Scheme with a gap in pensionable service of more than 5 years, that member is a deferred member of this Scheme.

(4)

This paragraph applies in relation to the active member’s account of the 2015 Scheme to which the qualifying service of the membership of this Scheme was added for the purposes of regulation 66 (qualifying service) of the 2015 Regulations or, if the entries from the account were transferred to another active member’s account under regulation 157 (transfer of pension account entries) of those Regulations, to that active member’s account.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Annex Scheme arts. 4B-4E inserted (retrospective to 1.4.2015) by The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/420), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(a)