Paragraph 14 Members of an existing schemeI1

P was an active member of an existing scheme other than the PCSPS 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 31st March 2012;

P begins service which is pensionable under the PCSPS not more than 5 years after leaving pensionable service under an existing scheme other than the PCSPS;

P would have been a fully protected member of the existing scheme referred to in paragraph (c) had P re-entered service which is pensionable under that scheme on the date P begins service which is pensionable under the PCSPS; and

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

the closing date for an existing scheme is the date referred to in section 18(4)(a) or (b) of the Act, as applicable;

the closing date for an existing public body pension scheme is the date determined under section 31(2) of the Act by the public authority responsible for that scheme;

“exception”, in relation to an existing scheme, means an exception under section 18(5) of the Act provided for in F1scheme regulations in relation to that scheme; and

“fully protected member” of an existing scheme means a person in respect of whom an exception applies, which exception is one to which section 18(6) of the Act applies for the purposes of that scheme.