{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1964",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation - general",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“closing date”, in relation to a transition member, means—\n(za) if the member is a full protection member of the PCSPS, 31st March 2022;\n(b)if the member is a tapered protection member of the PCSPS, the tapered protection closing date for that member; or\n(c)if the member is not a protected member of that scheme, the scheme closing date;\n“existing public body pension scheme” means a public body pension scheme specified on a list published by the Minister for the purpose of this Schedule;\n“full protection member”, in relation to the PCSPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 9;\n“protected member”, in relation to the PCSPS, means a full protection member or tapered protection member of that scheme;\n“protection period”—\n(a)for a full protection member of the PCSPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 10;\n(b)for a tapered protection member of the PCSPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 20;\n“section 1(4A) eligible person” means a person who is eligible to be an active member of the PCSPS by virtue of being a person who is in service in an office or employment specified in a list produced for the purposes of section 1(4A) (superannuation schemes as respects civil servants, etc) of SA 1972;\n“tapered protection closing date”, in relation to a tapered protection member of the PCSPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 3;\n“tapered protection member”, in relation to the PCSPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 19;\n“transition date”, in relation to a transition member, means—\n(za) if the member is a full protection member of the PCSPS, 1st April 2022;\n(b)if the member is a tapered protection member of the PCSPS, the day after the tapered protection closing date for that member;\n(c)if the member is not a protected member of that scheme, the day after the scheme closing date or, if later, the day the person ceased to be a protected member of the scheme;\n“transition member” means a person—\n(a)who is a member of the PCSPS by virtue of the person’s pensionable service under that scheme before the transition date; and\n(b)who is a member of this scheme by virtue of the person’s pensionable service under this scheme.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 inserted (1.4.2022) by The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/330), regs. 1(2), 7(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 inserted (1.4.2022) by The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/330), regs. 1(2), 7(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 15.8.2014, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 1(4A) was inserted by the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c.25) Schedule 9 paragraphs 1 and 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1964/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:08:32.082597+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}