In this Schedule—

• “exception” means an exception to section 18(1) of the Act;

• “existing Fair Deal arrangements” means the arrangements by which a person (P) is a member of an occupational pension scheme comparable to the existing scheme and into which P’s employer pays contributions in respect of P, following a TUPE transfer from an employer mentioned in Parts 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 1;

• “existing scheme rules” means the provisions of the existing scheme, an existing club scheme or an existing public service scheme;

• “full protection member”, in relation to the existing scheme, has the meaning given in Part 2;

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

• “protection period”—

  1. a

     for a full protection member of the existing scheme, has the meaning given in Part 2;

  2. b

     for a tapered protection member of the existing scheme, has the meaning given in Part 3;

• “public service scheme” means a scheme under section 1 of the Act;

• “scheme closing date”, in relation to the existing scheme, means 31st March 2015;

• “tapered protection member”, in relation to the existing scheme, has the meaning given in Part 3;

• “tapered protection closing date” has the meaning given in paragraph 4;

• “transition date” means—

  1. a

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

  2. b

     for a transition member by virtue of the application of paragraph 21 who is not a protected member of an existing scheme, the day after the scheme closing date; and

  3. c

     for a transition member by virtue of the application of paragraph 22 who is not a protected member of the existing scheme, the day after the Fair Deal transfer date.