The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 No. 76

SCHEDULE 2 N.I. Transitional provisions

PART 3 N.I. Exceptions to section 18(1) of the Act: tapered protection members of an existing scheme

Member of an existing scheme on scheme closing date N.I.

12.—(1) A person (P) is a tapered protection member of an existing scheme if sub-paragraph (2) or sub-paragraph (3) applies—

(2) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a) P was an active member of an existing scheme on 31st March 2012;

(b) P was an active member of an existing scheme on the scheme closing date; and

(c) unless P dies, P would reach normal pension age during the period beginning with 2nd April 2022 and ending with 1st September 2025.

(3) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a) P was an active member of an existing scheme (“P's transitional scheme”) on 31st March 2012;

(b) P was an active member of an existing scheme (“Scheme A”) on the scheme closing date; and

(c) P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under—

(i) Scheme A during the period beginning with 2nd April 2022 and ending with 1st September 2025; and

(ii) P's transitional scheme on or before 1st September 2025.