1. In this Schedule—
“the 1987 Regulations” means the Police Pensions Regulations 1987(1);
“the 2007 Regulations” means the Police Pensions (Scotland) Regulations 2007(2);
“1987 transition member” means a person—
who is a member of the 1987 scheme by virtue of his or her pensionable service under that scheme before the transition date; and
who is a member of this scheme by virtue of his or her pensionable service under this scheme;
“2006 transition member” means a person—
who is a member of the 2006 scheme by virtue of his or her pensionable service under that scheme before the transition date; and
who is a member of this scheme by virtue of his or her pensionable service under this scheme;
“active member”, in relation to this scheme, means a person—
who is an active member of this scheme; or
who, for the purpose of determining entitlement to payment of benefits to or in respect of the member, is taken to be an active member of this scheme(3);
“closing date”, in relation to a transition member, means—
if the member is a tapered protection member of the existing police pension scheme, the tapered protection closing date for that member; or
if the member is not a protected member of the existing police pension scheme, the scheme closing date;
“exception” means an exception to section 18(1) of the Act;
“full protection member”—
in relation to the 1987 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 2 of this Schedule;
in relation to the 2006 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 3 of this Schedule;
in relation to the 1988 NI police pension scheme or the 2009 NI police pension scheme, has the meaning given in the 2015 NI police pension scheme; and
in relation to an existing scheme other than the 1987 scheme or the 2006 scheme, means a person in respect of whom an exception under section 18(6) of the Act applies for the purpose of that scheme;
“period of service”—
in relation to this scheme, means a continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme;
in relation to an existing scheme, the 1988 NI police pension scheme or the 2009 NI police pension scheme, means a period of pensionable service under that scheme;
“protected member”, in relation to the existing police pension scheme, means a full protection member or tapered protection member of that scheme;
“protection period”—
for a full protection member of the 1987 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 2 of this Schedule;
for a full protection member of the 2006 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 3 of this Schedule;
for a tapered protection member of the 1987 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 4 of this Schedule;
for a tapered protection member of the 2006 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 5 of this Schedule;
“tapered protection member”—
in relation to the 1987 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 4 of this Schedule;
in relation to the 2006 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 5 of this Schedule;
in relation to the 1988 NI police pension scheme or the 2009 NI police pension scheme, has the meaning given in the 2015 NI police pension scheme; and
in relation to an existing scheme other than the 1987 scheme or the 2006 scheme, means a person in respect of whom an exception under section 18(6) of the Act applies for the purpose of that scheme; and
“transition date”, in relation to a transition member, means—
if the member is a tapered protection member of the existing police pension scheme, the day after the tapered protection closing date for that member;
if the member is not a protected member of that scheme, the day after the scheme closing date.
See Chapter 1 of Part 4 (active membership) for when a member of the police force is taken to be an active member of this scheme.