Exception for full protection member during protection period
10.—(1) The protection period for a person (P) who is a full protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, as the case may be, is the period which—
(a)begins on the day after the scheme closing date; and
(b)ends when P ceases to be a full protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS (unless P is a tapered protection member by virtue of paragraph 9(5)).
(2) During the protection period—
(a)P is eligible to be in pensionable service under the NFPS or where P is an active member of the 1992 Scheme, eligible to be in pensionable service under that scheme;
(b)section 18(1) of the 2013 Act does not apply in respect of that pensionable service; and
(c)benefits are to be provided under the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, as the case may be, to or in respect of P in relation to that pensionable service.