Schedule 4Transitional provisions
PART 5Exceptions for tapered protection members of the 2006 scheme
Meaning of “tapered protection member” (the 2006 scheme)18
1
A person (P) to whom paragraph 20 applies is a tapered protection member of the 2006 scheme.
2
P ceases to be a tapered protection member of the 2006 scheme on whichever of the following days occurs first—
a
P’s tapered protection closing date; or
b
the day on which P ceases to be in pensionable service under the 2006 scheme.
Exception for tapered protection members during protection period19
1
The protection period for a full protection member of the 2006 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 2006 scheme.
2
In respect of the protection period—
a
P is in pensionable service under the 2006 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 2006 scheme to or in respect of P in relation to that pensionable service.
Active member of the 2006 scheme on scheme closing date20
1
This paragraph applies if any of the following sub-paragraphs applies.
2
This sub-paragraph applies if—
a
on the scheme closing date and on 31st March 2012, P was an active member of the 2006 scheme; and
b
unless P dies, P would reach 55 between 2nd April 2022 and 1st April 2026 (inclusive).
3
This sub-paragraph applies if—
a
on 31st March 2012 P was in service an active member of the 1987 Great Britain police pension scheme;
b
on the scheme closing date P was an active member of the 2006 scheme; and
c
unless P dies, P would reach 55 between 2nd April 2022 and 1st April 2026 (inclusive).
4
This sub-paragraph applies if—
a
on 31st March 2012, P was an active member of the 2006 England and Wales police pension scheme or the 2006 Scotland police pension scheme.
b
on the scheme closing date, P was an active member of the 2006 scheme; and
c
unless P dies, P would reach 55 between 2nd April 2022 and 1st April 2026 (inclusive).
5
This sub-paragraph applies if—
a
on 31st March 2012, P was an active member of an existing scheme other than the 2006 scheme (“the existing scheme”);
b
on the scheme closing date, P was an active member of the 2006 scheme; and
c
unless P dies, P would reach 55 between 2nd April 2022 and 1st April 2026 (inclusive).