The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Active member of the 1988 scheme on scheme closing date

17.—(1) This paragraph applies if any of the following sub-paragraphs applies.

(2) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a) P was an active member of the 1988 scheme on the scheme closing date and on 31st March 2012; and

(b) on 1st April 2012, P had reached 41 but had not reached 45.

(3) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a) P was an active member of the 1988 scheme on the scheme closing date and on 31st March 2012; and

(b) on 1st April 2012—

(i) P had reached 34 but had not reached 38; and

(ii) P had at least 20 years’ pensionable service under the 1988 scheme.

(4) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a) P was an active member of the 1988 scheme on the scheme closing date and on 31st March 2012; and

(b) on 1st April 2012—

(i) P had reached 38 but had not reached 45; and

(ii) P had at least 16 but less than 20 years’ pensionable service under the 1988 scheme.

(5) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a) P was an active member of the 1988 scheme on the scheme closing date and on 31st March 2012; and

(b) on 1st April 2012—

(i) P had not reached 38;

(ii) P had less than 20 years’ pensionable service under the 1988 scheme; and

(iii) the sum of P’s age in years and the number of years of P’s pensionable service under the 1988 scheme is at least 54 but less than 58.

(6) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a) on 31st March 2012, P was an active member of the scheme constituted by the 1987 Great Britain police pension scheme;

(b) P began pensionable service under the 1988 scheme immediately after ceasing to be in pensionable service under the 1987 Great Britain police pension scheme;

(c) on the scheme closing date, P was an active member of the 1988 scheme; and

(d) P would have been a full protection member or tapered protection member of the 1987 Great Britain police pension scheme had P remained in pensionable service under that scheme.