Schedule 4Transitional provisions

PART 4Exceptions for tapered protection members of the 1988 scheme

Active member of the 1988 scheme on scheme closing date17

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.