Exception for full protection member during protection period
9.—(1) This paragraph applies to a person (P) if P is a full protection member of the existing scheme by virtue of the application of either paragraph 7 or 8.
(2) The protection period for P 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 that scheme.
(3) During the protection period—
(a)P’s pensionable service is pensionable service under the existing scheme; and
(b)Section 18(1) of the Act does not apply in respect of that pensionable period.