Paragraph 1 Interpretation

In this Schedule—

• “exception” means an exception to section 18(1) of the Act;

• “existing Fair Deal arrangements” means the arrangements by which a person (P) is a member of an occupational pension scheme comparable to the existing scheme and into which P's employer pays contributions in respect of P, following a TUPE transfer from an employer mentioned in Parts 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 1;

• F1“final salary benefits” means the benefits accrued in a final salary scheme in respect of which the pension entitlement payable to or in respect of a person’s pensionable service is or may be determined by reference to the person’s final salary;

• F2...

• “full protection member”, in relation to the existing scheme, has the meaning given in Part 2;

• “protected member”, in relation to the existing scheme, means a full protection member or tapered protection member of that scheme;

• “protection period”—

  1. (a)

     for a full protection member of the existing scheme, has the meaning given in Part 2;

  2. (b)

     for a tapered protection member of the existing scheme, has the meaning given in Part 3;

• “public service scheme” means a scheme under section 1 of the Act;

• “scheme closing date”, in relation to the existing scheme, means 31st March 2015;

• “tapered protection member”, in relation to the existing scheme, has the meaning given in Part 3;

• “tapered protection closing date” has the meaning given in paragraph 4;

• “transition date” means—

  1. (a)

     for a tapered protection member of F3the existing scheme, the day after the tapered protection closing date;

  2. (aa)

     F4for a full protection member of the existing scheme to whom a retirement pension has become payable under the existing scheme, means the day on which that member becomes an active member of this scheme;

  3. (ab)

     F5for a full protection member of the existing scheme other than a full protection member described in sub-paragraph (aa), means 1st April 2022;

  4. (b)

     for a transition member by virtue of the application of paragraph 21 who is not a protected member of the existing scheme, the day after the scheme closing date; and

  5. (c)

     for a transition member by virtue of the application of paragraph 22 who is not a protected member of the existing scheme, the day after the Fair Deal transfer date.