The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Exception for full protection members during protection period

6.—(1) The protection period for a person (P) who is a full protection member of an existing scheme 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.

(2) During the protection period—

(a) P is eligible to be in pensionable service under an existing scheme;

(b) section 18(1) of the Act does not apply in respect of that pensionable service; and

(c) benefits are to be provided under an existing scheme to or in respect of P in relation to that pensionable service.