The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Tapered protection: members of the FPS or the NFPS on scheme closing date

18.—(1) This paragraph applies if sub-paragraph (2) or sub-paragraph (3) applies.

(2) This sub-paragraph applies if —

(a) P was an active member of the FPS or was an active member, or eligible to be an active member of the NFPS on the scheme closing date;

(b) on 31st March 2012, P was an active member of the FPS or was an active member, or eligible to be an active member, of the NFPS; and

(c) if P is an active member of the FPS P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under that scheme, or if P is an active member or eligible to be an active member of the NFPS, P would reach normal pension age under that scheme during the period beginning with 2nd April 2022 and ending with 31st March 2026.

(3) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a) P was an active member of an existing scheme other than the FPS or the NFPS, or of an existing public body pension scheme, (“P’s transitional scheme”) on 31st March 2012;

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

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

(i) the NFPS during the period beginning with 2nd April 2022 and ending with 31st March 2026, and

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