9.—(1) A person (P) to whom any of paragraph 11 applies is a full protection member of the 1988 scheme.
(2) P ceases to be a full protection member of the 1988 scheme when P ceases to be in pensionable service under that scheme.
10.—(1) The protection period for a full protection member of the 1988 scheme—
(a)begins on the day after the scheme closing date; and
(b)ends when P ceases to be a full protection member of the 1988 scheme.
(2) In respect of the protection period—
(a)P is in pensionable service under the 1988 scheme;
(b)section 18(1) of the Act does not apply in respect of that pensionable service; and
(c)benefits are to be provided under the 1988 scheme to or in respect of P in relation to that pensionable service.
11.—(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 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;
(b)on 1st April 2012—
(i)P had reached 38; and
(ii)P had at least 20 years pensionable service under the 1988 scheme.
(4) This sub-paragraph applies if—
(a)on 31st March 2012, P was an active member of 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 of the 1987 Great Britain police pension scheme had P remained in pensionable service under that scheme.