# The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014, Paragraph 19: Tapered protection members of the PCSPS

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A person (P) to whom any of paragraphs 22 to 27 applies is a tapered protection member of the PCSPS.
(2) P ceases to be a tapered protection member of the PCSPS on whichever of the following days occurs first—
(a) P’s tapered protection closing date; or
(b) the day on which P ceases to be in pensionable service under the PCSPS, unless sub-paragraph (3) or sub-paragraph (4) applies.
(3) This sub-paragraph applies if—
(a) Before P’s transition date P returns to service which is pensionable under the PCSPS from service which is pensionable under an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme; and
(b) P would have been a protected member of that existing scheme or existing public body pension scheme had P re-entered service which is pensionable under that scheme on the date P returns to service which is pensionable under the PCSPS.
(4) This sub-paragraph applies if—
(a) Before P’s transition date P returns to service which is pensionable under the PCSPS otherwise than from service which is pensionable under an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme; and
(b) P returns to service which is pensionable under the PCSPS after a gap in service not exceeding 5 years.
(5) In this paragraph—
“exception” means–
(a)in relation to an existing scheme, an exception under section 18(5) of the Act provided for in scheme regulations in relation to that scheme;
(b)in relation to an existing public body pension scheme, an exception under section 31(4) of the Act provided for by the public authority responsible for that scheme; and
(6) “protected member” of an existing scheme or an existing public body scheme means a person in respect of whom an exception applies for the purposes of that scheme.
(7) For the purpose of paragraph (4)(b), after the scheme closing date P is not on a gap in service while P is in pensionable public service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1964/schedule/2/paragraph/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-19
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