Paragraph 52 Active member of the existing Scotland scheme on the scheme closing date
This paragraph applies in relation to a person (P) who—
on the scheme closing date and on 31st March 2012, was an active member of the existing Scotland scheme;
ceases to be in pensionable service under the existing Scotland scheme;
would have been a full protection member of the existing Scotland scheme had P re-entered pensionable service under that scheme.
P joins the 2006 scheme if—
P re-enters pensionable service not more than 5 years after ceasing to be in pensionable service under the existing Scotland scheme; and
P would have been a full protection member or tapered protection member of the existing Scotland scheme had P re-entered pensionable service under that scheme.
P is taken to be a full protection member or tapered protection member of the 2006 scheme.
P's protection period—
begins on the day P joins the 2006 scheme; and
ends when P ceases to be a full protection member or tapered protection member of the 2006 scheme.