SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Transitional provisions

PART 3Exceptions to section 18(1) of the 2013 Act: tapered protection members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS

Tapered protection: members of an existing public body pension scheme20

This paragraph applies if—

a

P was an active member of an existing scheme (other than the 1992 Scheme 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 31 March 2012;

c

P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS not more than five years after leaving pensionable service under an existing public body pension scheme;

d

on the date that P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS, P would have been a protected member of the existing public body pension 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—

i

under the NFPS during the period beginning with 2 April 2022 and ending with 31 March 2026, and

ii

under P’s transitional scheme on or before 1 September 2025.