The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Full protection: members of an existing scheme

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

13.  This paragraph applies if—

(a)P was an active member of an existing scheme (other than the FPS or the NFPS) or an existing public body pension scheme on the closing date for that scheme;

(b)P was an active member of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme (“P’s transitional scheme”) on 31st March 2012;

(c)P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS not more than five years after leaving pensionable service under an existing scheme other than the FPS or the NFPS;

(d)on the date that P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS, P would have been a fully protected member of the existing scheme referred to in sub-paragraph (c) had P re-entered service which is pensionable under that scheme on that date; and

(e)P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under the NFPS and P’s transitional scheme on or before 1st April 2022.