Qualifying service for the 2015 Scheme

7.—(1) Any period of active membership in the Earlier Schemes which the member has at 31st March 2015 counts as qualifying service in the 2015 Scheme for the purposes of regulation 3(6)(a) and (c) of the 2014 Regulations (active membership).

(2) Any transfer value payment accepted into the Earlier Schemes counts as a transfer value payment into the 2015 Scheme for the purposes of regulation 3(6)(b), (c) and (d) of the 2014 Regulations (active membership).

(3) A transfer value payment made under the Earlier Schemes from a qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme counts as qualifying service in the 2015 Scheme for the purpose of regulation 3(6)(g) of the 2014 Regulations (active membership).

(4) A member of the 2015 Scheme who has a deferred benefit or a pension in payment under the Earlier Schemes is treated as having qualifying service for a period of 2 years for the purposes of regulation 3(6) of the 2014 Regulations (active membership).