Paragraph 10 Exception for full protection member during protection period

(1)

This paragraph applies to a person (P) if P is a full protection member of the existing scheme by virtue of the application of either paragraph 7 or 8.

(2)

The protection period for P is the period which—

(a)

begins on the day after the scheme closing date; and

(b)

ends when P ceases to be a full protection member of that scheme.

(3)

During the protection period—

(a)

P's pensionable service is pensionable service under the existing scheme; and

(b)

section 18(1) of the Act does not apply in respect of that pensionable service.