The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“closing date”, in relation to a transition member, means—

(a)

if the member is a tapered protection member of an existing scheme, the tapered protection closing date for that member; or

(b)

if the member is not a protected member of that scheme, the scheme closing date;

“full protection member”, in relation to an existing scheme, has the meaning given in paragraphs 8 and 9;

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

“protection period”—

(a)

for a full protection member of an existing scheme, has the meaning given in paragraph 6;

(b)

for a tapered protection member of an existing scheme, has the meaning given in paragraph 11;

“tapered protection closing date”, in relation to a tapered protection member of an existing scheme, has the meaning given in paragraph 3;

“tapered protection member”, in relation to an existing scheme, has the meaning given in paragraphs 12 and 13;

“transition date”, in relation to a transition member, means—

(a)

if the member is a tapered protection member of an existing scheme, the day after the tapered protection closing date for that member;

(b)

if the member is not a protected member of that scheme, the day after the scheme closing date or, if later, the day the person ceased to be a protected member of the scheme;

“transition member” means a person—

(a)

who is a member of an existing scheme by virtue of the person’s pensionable service under that scheme before the transition date; and

(b)

who is a member of this scheme by virtue of the person’s pensionable service under this scheme.