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Regulation 176

SCHEDULE 2Transitional provisions

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PART 1General

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“active member of an existing scheme” has the meaning given in paragraph 6;

“active member of an existing public body pension scheme” has the meaning given in paragraph 7;

“active member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS” has the meaning given in paragraph 5;

“closing date”—

(a)

in relation to an existing scheme, means the date referred to in section 18(4)(a) or (b) of the 2013 Act, as the case may be;

(b)

in relation to an existing public body pension scheme, means the date determined under section 31(2) of the 2013 Act by the public authority responsible for that scheme; and

(c)

in relation to a transition member, means—

(i)

if the member is a tapered protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, the tapered protection closing date for that member, or

(ii)

if the member is not a protected member of one of those schemes, the scheme closing date;

“eligible to be an active member of the NFPS” has the meaning given in paragraph 4;

“exception” means—

(a)

in relation to an existing scheme, an exception under section 18(5) of the 2013 Act provided for in the scheme regulations for that scheme;

(b)

in relation to an existing public body pension scheme, an exception under section 31(4) of the 2013 Act provided for by the public authority responsible for that scheme;

“existing public body pension scheme” means a public body pension scheme to which section 31 of the 2013 Act applies;

“full protection member”, in relation to the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 9;

“fully protected member” of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme means a person in respect of whom an exception applies, which exception is one to which section 18(6) of the 2013 Act (or that section as applied by section 31(4)) applies for the purposes of that scheme;

“protected member”, in relation to an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme, means a full protection member or tapered protection member of one of those schemes;

“protection period”—

(a)

for a full protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 10; and

(b)

for a tapered protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 16;

“scheme closing date” means 31st March 2015;

“tapered protection closing date”, in relation to a tapered protection member of an existing scheme, has the meaning given in paragraph 3;

“tapered protection member”, in relation to the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 15;

“transition date”, in relation to a transition member, means—

(a)

if the member is a tapered protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, the day after the tapered protection closing date for that member; and

(b)

if the member is not a protected member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, the day after the scheme closing date, or, if later, the day the person ceased to be a protected member of that scheme;

“transition member” means a person—

(a)

who is a member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS by virtue of his or her pensionable service under that scheme, or who is eligible to be an active member of the NFPS, before the transition date; and

(b)

who is a member of this scheme by virtue of the person’s pensionable service under this scheme.

Meaning of “continuity of service”

2.—(1) A transition member (T) has continuity of service between pensionable service in the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, as the case may be, and pensionable service in this scheme unless T has a gap in service exceeding five years which—

(a)begins on or before T’s transition date; and

(b)ends on the day on which T becomes an active member of this scheme.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), after the scheme closing date T is not on a gap in service while T is in service which is pensionable under an existing scheme, an existing public body pension scheme, a scheme under section 1 of the 2013 Act or a new public body pension scheme.

Meaning of “tapered protection closing date”

3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), the tapered protection closing date for a tapered protection member of the 1992 Scheme is the date found by applying the relevant date in column 3 of table 1 in Part 4 of this Schedule to the birthday referred to in column 1 and column 2.

(2) For a tapered protection member of the 1992 Scheme falling within paragraph 18(3), the tapered protection closing date is the date found by applying the relevant date in column 3 of table 3 in Part 4 of this Schedule to the birthday referred to in column 1 and column 2.

(3) For a tapered protection member of the 1992 Scheme falling within paragraph 18(4), the tapered protection closing date is the date found by applying the relevant date in column 2 of table 4 in Part 4 of this Schedule to the period of pensionable service under that scheme completed by the member at 1st April 2012 (referred to in column 1).

(4) For a tapered protection member of the 1992 Scheme falling within paragraph 18(5), the tapered protection closing date is the date found by applying the relevant date in column 2 of table 5 in Part 4 of this Schedule to the period shown in column 1 which represents the sum of—

(a)the member’s completed pensionable service under the 1992 Scheme at 1st April 2012 (in complete years and months); and

(b)the member’s age at 1st April 2012 (in complete years and months).

(5) Subject to sub-paragraph (6), the tapered protection closing date for a tapered protection member of the NFPS is the date found by applying the relevant date in column 3 of table 2 in Part 4 of this Schedule to the birthday referred to in column 1 and column 2.

(6) The tapered protection closing date for a tapered protection member of the NFPS to whom paragraph 9(5) or 21 applies is a date determined by the scheme manager

Meaning of “eligible to be an active member” of the NFPS

4.—(1) For the purpose of this Schedule, a person (P) is eligible to be an active member of the NFPS on a given date if on that date P is not in pensionable service under the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS and either—

(a)P is in service as a firefighter which entitles P to be eligible to be an active member of the NFPS; or

(b)P is on a gap in pensionable service not exceeding five years.

(2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1)(b), after the scheme closing date P is not on a gap in service while P is in pensionable public service.

Meaning of “active member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS”

5.—(1) For the purpose of this Schedule, a person (P) is an active member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS on a given date if on that date—

(a)P is in pensionable service under the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS; or

(b)P is on a gap in service not exceeding five years.

(2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1)(b), after the scheme closing date P is not on a gap in service while P is in pensionable public service.

Meaning of “active member of an existing scheme”

6.—(1) For the purpose of this Schedule, a person (P) is an active member of an existing scheme(1) (other than the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS) on a given date if on that date—

(a)P is in pensionable service under that scheme; or

(b)P is on a gap in service not exceeding five years.

(2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1)(b), after the closing date for the existing scheme P is not on a gap in service while P is in pensionable public service.

Meaning of “active member of an existing public body pension scheme”

7.—(1) For the purpose of this Schedule, a person (P) is an active member of an existing public body pension scheme on a given date if on that date—

(a)P is in pensionable service under that scheme; or

(b)P is on a gap in service not exceeding five years.

(2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1)(b), after the closing date for the existing public body pension scheme, P is not on a gap in service while P is in pensionable public service.

Commencement of active membership of this scheme

8.—(1) A person who is a transition member on entering pensionable service under this scheme who does not have continuity of service becomes an active member of this scheme on the day the person begins pensionable service in a scheme employment.

(2) A person who is a transition member on entering pensionable service under this scheme who has continuity of service (T) becomes an active member of this scheme—

(a)if T is in pensionable service in a scheme employment on the transition date, on that date; or

(b)if T is not in pensionable service in a scheme employment on the transition date, on the day T enters pensionable service in a scheme employment after that date.

PART 2Full protection members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS

Full protection members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS

9.—(1) A person (P) to whom any of paragraphs 12 to 14 applies is a full protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, as the case may be.

(2) P ceases to be a full protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, as the case may be, when P ceases to be in pensionable service under that scheme and ceases to be eligible to be an active member of the NFPS unless sub-paragraph (3) or (4) applies.

(3) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)P returns to service which is pensionable under the NFPS from service which is pensionable under an existing scheme (other than the 1992 Scheme) or an existing public body pension scheme; and

(b)P would have been a fully protected member of that existing scheme or existing public body pension scheme had P re-entered service which is pensionable under that scheme on the date P returns to service which is pensionable under the NFPS.

(4) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)P returns to service which is pensionable under the NFPS otherwise than from service which is pensionable under an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme; and

(b)P returns to service which is pensionable under the NFPS after a gap in service not exceeding five years.

(5) If P returns to service which is pensionable under the NFPS in circumstances where sub-paragraph (6) applies, P is a tapered protection member of the NFPS when P returns to that service.

(6) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)P returns to service which is pensionable under the NFPS from service which is pensionable under an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme; and

(b)P would have been a protected member of the existing scheme or existing public body pension scheme by virtue of an exception to which section 18(7)(a) and (b) of the 2013 Act (or that section as applied by section 31(4)) applies had P re-entered service which is pensionable under that scheme on the date P returns to service which is pensionable under the NFPS.

(7) For the purpose of paragraph (4)(b), after the scheme closing date P is not on a gap in service while P is in pensionable public service.

Exception for full protection member during protection period

10.—(1) The protection period for a person (P) who is a full protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, as the case may be, 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 the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS (unless P is a tapered protection member by virtue of paragraph 9(5)).

(2) During the protection period—

(a)P is eligible to be in pensionable service under the NFPS or where P is an active member of the 1992 Scheme, eligible to be in pensionable service under that scheme;

(b)section 18(1) of the 2013 Act does not apply in respect of that pensionable service; and

(c)benefits are to be provided under the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, as the case may be, to or in respect of P in relation to that pensionable service.

Full protection member not eligible to join this scheme

11.  While a person (P) is a full protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, P is not eligible to be an active member of this scheme in respect of that scheme employment.

Full protection: members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS on scheme closing date

12.—(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 1992 Scheme or an active member, or eligible to be an active member, of the NFPS on the scheme closing date;

(b)P was an active member of the 1992 Scheme or an active member, or eligible to be an active member, of the NFPS on 31st March 2012; and

(c)where P was on 31st March 2012—

(i)an active member of the 1992 Scheme, P had on 1st April 2012—

(aa)reached age 45; or

(bb)reached age 40 and had at least 20 years’ pensionable service under that scheme; or

(ii)an active member or eligible to be an active member of the NFPS, P had on 1st April 2012 reached age 50.

(3) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)P was an active member of an existing scheme (other than the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS) or an existing public body pension scheme (“P’s transitional scheme”) on 31st March 2012;

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

(c)P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under the NFPS and P’s transitional scheme on or before 1st April 2022.

Full protection: members of an existing scheme

13.  This paragraph applies if—

(a)P was an active member of an existing scheme (other than the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS) or an existing public body pension scheme on the closing date for that scheme;

(b)P was an active member of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme (“P’s transitional scheme”) on 31st March 2012;

(c)P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS not more than five years after leaving pensionable service under an existing scheme other than the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS;

(d)on the date that P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS, P would have been a fully protected member of the existing scheme referred to in sub-paragraph (c) had P re-entered service which is pensionable under that scheme on that date; and

(e)P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under the NFPS and P’s transitional scheme on or before 1st April 2022.

Full protection: members of an existing public body pension scheme

14.  This paragraph applies if—

(a)P was an active member of an existing scheme (other than the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS) or an existing public body pension scheme on the closing date for that scheme;

(b)P was an active member of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme (“transitional scheme”) on 31st March 2012;

(c)P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS not more than five years after leaving pensionable service under an existing public body pension scheme;

(d)on the date that P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS, P would have been a fully protected member of the existing public body pension scheme referred to in sub-paragraph (c) had P re-entered service which is pensionable under that scheme on that date; and

(e)P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under the NFPS and P’s transitional scheme on or before 1st April 2022.

PART 3Exceptions to section 18(1) of the 2013 Act: tapered protection members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS

Tapered protection members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS

15.—(1) A person (P) to whom any of paragraphs 18 to 21 applies is a tapered protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS.

(2) P ceases to be a tapered protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS on whichever of the following days occurs first—

(a)P’s tapered protection closing date; or

(b)the day on which P ceases to be in pensionable service under the 1992 Scheme or if later, ceases to be eligible to be in pensionable service under the NFPS unless sub-paragraph (3) or sub-paragraph (4) applies.

(3) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)before P’s transition date P returns to service which is pensionable under the NFPS from service which is pensionable under an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme; and

(b)P would have been a protected member of that existing scheme or existing public body pension scheme had P re-entered service which is pensionable under that scheme on the date P returns to service which is pensionable under the NFPS.

(4) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)before P’s transition date P returns to service which is pensionable under the NFPS otherwise than from service which is pensionable under an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme; and

(b)P returns to service which is pensionable under the NFPS after a gap in service not exceeding five years.

(5) For the purpose of paragraph (4)(b), after the scheme closing date, P is not on a gap in service while P is in pensionable public service.

Exception for tapered protection members during protection period

16.—(1) The protection period for a tapered protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS is the period which—

(a)begins on the day after the scheme closing date; and

(b)ends when P ceases to be a tapered protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS.

(2) During the protection period—

(a)P is eligible to be in pensionable service under the NFPS or, where P is an active member of the 1992 Scheme, eligible to be in pensionable service under that scheme;

(b)section 18(1) of the 2013 Act does not apply in respect of that pensionable service; and

(c)benefits are to be provided under the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, as the case may be, to or in respect of P in relation to that pensionable service.

Tapered protection member not eligible to join this scheme

17.  While a person (P) is a tapered protection member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, P is not eligible to be an active member of this scheme in respect of that scheme employment.

Tapered protection: members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS on scheme closing date

18.—(1) This paragraph applies if any of sub-paragraphs (2) to (6) applies.

(2) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)P was an active member of the 1992 Scheme 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 1992 Scheme 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 1992 Scheme 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 the 1992 Scheme on 31st March 2012 and on the scheme closing date; and

(b)P had not reached age 40 on 1st April 2012 and had at least 20 years’ pensionable service under the 1992 Scheme at that date.

(4) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)P was an active member of the 1992 Scheme on 31st March 2012 and on the scheme closing date; and

(b)P had reached age 40 on 1st April 2012 and had at least 16 years’ pensionable service (but not 20 years or more) under the 1992 Scheme at that date.

(5) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)P was an active member of the 1992 Scheme on 31st March 2012 and on the scheme closing date;

(b)P had reached age 36 years and 1 month (but had not reached age 40) on 1st April 2012;

(c)P had not completed 20 years’ pensionable service under the 1992 Scheme at 1st April 2012; and

(d)P’s completed pensionable service under the 1992 Scheme at 1st April 2012 was such that the sum of—

(i)that service (in complete years and months); and

(ii)P’s age at that date (in complete years and months),

was at least 56 years.

(6) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)P was an active member of an existing scheme other than the 1992 Scheme 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, 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.

Tapered protection: members of an existing scheme

19.  This paragraph applies if—

(a)P was an active member of an existing scheme (other than the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS) or an existing public body pension scheme on the closing date for that scheme;

(b)P was an active member of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme (“P’s transitional scheme”) on 31st March 2012;

(c)P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS not more than five years after leaving pensionable service under an existing scheme other than the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS;

(d)on the date that P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS, P would have been a protected member of the existing scheme referred to in sub-paragraph (c) had P re-entered service which is pensionable under that scheme on that date; and

(e)P would, unless P dies, 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.

Tapered protection: members of an existing public body pension scheme

20.  This paragraph applies if—

(a)P was an active member of an existing scheme (other than the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS) or an existing public body pension scheme on the closing date for that scheme;

(b)P was an active member of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme (“P’s transitional scheme”) on 31st March 2012;

(c)P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS not more than five years after leaving pensionable service under an existing public body pension scheme;

(d)on the date that P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS, P would have been a protected member of the existing public body pension scheme referred to in sub-paragraph (c) had P re-entered service which is pensionable under that scheme on that date; and

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

(i)the NFPS during the period beginning with 2nd April 2022 and ending with 1st April 2026, and

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

Tapered protection members of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme

21.  This paragraph applies if—

(a)paragraph 13 or 14 of this Schedule would have applied but for the fact that P would not have been a fully protected member of the existing scheme or existing public body pension scheme referred to in paragraph 13(c) or 14(c), as the case may be, (“transferring scheme”) on the date P begins service which is pensionable under the NFPS; and

(b)P would have been a protected member of the transferring scheme by virtue of an exception to which section 18(7)(a) and (b) of the 2013 Act (or that section as applied by section 31(4)) applies had P re-entered service which is pensionable under the transferring scheme on the date P returns to service which is pensionable under the NFPS.

PART 4Tables

Table 1

1992 Scheme (paragraph 3(1) of this Schedule)

Date of BirthDate of end of protection
FromTo
02/04/196701/05/196731/03/2022
02/05/196701/06/196706/02/2022
02/06/196701/07/196714/12/2021
02/07/196701/08/196723/10/2021
02/08/196701/09/196729/08/2021
02/09/196701/10/196706/07/2021
02/10/196701/11/196715/05/2021
02/11/196701/12/196721/03/2021
02/12/196701/01/196828/01/2021
02/01/196801/02/196805/12/2020
02/02/196801/03/196811/10/2020
02/03/196801/04/196822/08/2020
02/04/196801/05/196828/06/2020
02/05/196801/06/196807/05/2020
02/06/196801/07/196814/03/2020
02/07/196801/08/196821/01/2020
02/08/196801/09/196828/11/2019
02/09/196801/10/196805/10/2019
02/10/196801/11/196813/08/2019
02/11/196801/12/196820/06/2019
02/12/196801/01/196928/04/2019
02/01/196901/02/196905/03/2019
02/02/196901/03/196910/01/2019
02/03/196901/04/196922/11/2018
02/04/196901/05/196929/09/2018
02/05/196901/06/196907/08/2018
02/06/196901/07/196914/06/2018
02/07/196901/08/196922/04/2018
02/08/196901/09/196927/02/2018
02/09/196901/10/196904/01/2018
02/10/196901/11/196912/11/2017
02/11/196901/12/196919/09/2017
02/12/196901/01/197029/07/2017
02/01/197001/02/197004/06/2017
02/02/197001/03/197011/04/2017
02/03/197001/04/197021/02/2017
02/04/197001/05/197029/12/2016
02/05/197001/06/197006/11/2016
02/06/197001/07/197013/09/2016
02/07/197001/08/197023/07/2016
02/08/197001/09/197029/05/2016
02/09/197001/10/197005/04/2016
02/10/197001/11/197013/02/2016
02/11/197001/12/197020/12/2015
02/12/197001/01/197129/10/2015
02/01/197101/02/197105/09/2015
02/02/197101/03/197112/07/2015
02/03/197101/04/197124/05/2015

Table 2

NFPS (paragraph 3(5) of this Schedule)

Date of BirthDate of end of protection
FromTo
02/04/196201/05/196231/03/2022
02/05/196201/06/196206/02/2022
02/06/196201/07/196214/12/2021
02/07/196201/08/196223/10/2021
02/08/196201/09/196229/08/2021
02/09/196201/10/196206/07/2021
02/10/196201/11/196215/05/2021
02/11/196201/12/196221/03/2021
02/12/196201/01/196328/01/2021
02/01/196301/02/196305/12/2020
02/02/196301/03/196311/10/2020
02/03/196301/04/196323/08/2020
02/04/196301/05/196330/06/2020
02/05/196301/06/196309/05/2020
02/06/196301/07/196315/03/2020
02/07/196301/08/196323/01/2020
02/08/196301/09/196330/11/2019
02/09/196301/10/196306/10/2019
02/10/196301/11/196315/08/2019
02/11/196301/12/196322/06/2019
02/12/196301/01/196430/04/2019
02/01/196401/02/196407/03/2019
02/02/196401/03/196412/01/2019
02/03/196401/04/196422/11/2018
02/04/196401/05/196429/09/2018
02/05/196401/06/196407/08/2018
02/06/196401/07/196414/06/2018
02/07/196401/08/196422/04/2018
02/08/196401/09/196427/02/2018
02/09/196401/10/196404/01/2018
02/10/196401/11/196412/11/2017
02/11/196401/12/196419/09/2017
02/12/196401/01/196529/07/2017
02/01/196501/02/196504/06/2017
02/02/196501/03/196511/04/2017
02/03/196501/04/196521/02/2017
02/04/196501/05/196529/12/2016
02/05/196501/06/196506/11/2016
02/06/196501/07/196513/09/2016
02/07/196501/08/196523/07/2016
02/08/196501/09/196529/05/2016
02/09/196501/10/196505/04/2016
02/10/196501/11/196513/02/2016
02/11/196501/12/196520/12/2015
02/12/196501/01/196629/10/2015
02/01/196601/02/196605/09/2015
02/02/196601/03/196612/07/2015
02/03/196601/04/196624/05/2015

Table 3

1992 Scheme (aged under 40 with 20 years’ service – paragraph 3(2) of this Schedule)

Date of BirthDate of end of protection
FromTo
02/04/197201/05/197231/03/2022
02/05/197201/06/197206/02/2022
02/06/197201/07/197214/12/2021
02/07/197201/08/197223/10/2021
02/08/197201/09/197229/08/2021
02/09/197201/10/197206/07/2021
02/10/197201/11/197215/05/2021
02/11/197201/12/197221/03/2021
02/12/197201/01/197328/01/2021
02/01/197301/02/197305/12/2020
02/02/197301/03/197311/10/2020
02/03/197301/04/197322/08/2020
02/04/197301/05/197328/06/2020
02/05/197301/06/197307/05/2020
02/06/197301/07/197314/03/2020
02/07/197301/08/197321/01/2020
02/08/197301/09/197328/11/2019
02/09/197301/10/197305/10/2019
02/10/197301/11/197313/08/2019
02/11/197301/12/197320/06/2019
02/12/197301/01/197428/04/2019
02/01/197401/02/197405/03/2019
02/02/197401/03/197410/01/2019
02/03/197401/04/197422/11/2018
02/04/197401/05/197429/09/2018
02/05/197401/06/197407/08/2018
02/06/197401/07/197414/06/2018
02/07/197401/08/197422/04/2018
02/08/197401/09/197427/02/2018
02/09/197401/10/197404/01/2018
02/10/197401/11/197412/11/2017
02/11/197401/12/197419/09/2017
02/12/197401/01/197529/07/2017
02/01/197501/02/197504/06/2017
02/02/197501/03/197511/04/2017
02/03/197501/04/197521/02/2017
02/04/197501/05/197529/12/2016
02/05/197501/06/197506/11/2016
02/06/197501/07/197513/09/2016
02/07/197501/08/197523/07/2016
02/08/197501/09/197529/05/2016
02/09/197501/10/197505/04/2016
02/10/197501/11/197513/02/2016
02/11/197501/12/197520/12/2015
02/12/197501/01/197629/10/2015
02/01/197601/02/197605/09/2015
02/02/197601/03/197612/07/2015
02/03/197601/04/197624/05/2015

Table 4

1992 Scheme (aged 40+ with less than 20 years’ service – paragraph 3(3) of this Schedule)

Years’ service at 1 April 2012Date of end of protection
yearsmonths
191131/03/2022
191006/02/2022
19914/12/2021
19823/10/2021
19729/08/2021
19606/07/2021
19515/05/2021
19421/03/2021
19328/01/2021
19205/12/2020
19111/10/2020
19022/08/2020
181128/06/2020
181007/05/2020
18914/03/2020
18821/01/2020
18728/11/2019
18605/10/2019
18513/08/2019
18420/06/2019
18328/04/2019
18205/03/2019
18110/01/2019
18022/11/2018
171129/09/2018
171007/08/2018
17914/06/2018
17822/04/2018
17727/02/2018
17604/01/2018
17512/11/2017
17419/09/2017
17329/07/2017
17204/06/2017
17111/04/2017
17021/02/2017
161129/12/2016
161006/11/2016
16913/09/2016
16823/07/2016
16729/05/2016
16605/04/2016
16513/02/2016
16420/12/2015
16329/10/2015
16205/09/2015
16112/07/2015
16024/05/2015

Table 5

1992 Scheme (aged under 40 with less than 20 years’ service – paragraph 3(4) of this Schedule)

Sum of pensionable service and age at 1 April 2012Date of end of protection
yearsmonths
591131/03/2022
591006/02/2022
59914/12/2021
59823/10/2021
59729/08/2021
59606/07/2021
59515/05/2021
59421/03/2021
59328/01/2021
59205/12/2020
59111/10/2020
59022/08/2020
581128/06/2020
581007/05/2020
58914/03/2020
58821/01/2020
58728/11/2019
58605/10/2019
58513/08/2019
58420/06/2019
58328/04/2019
58205/03/2019
58110/01/2019
58022/11/2018
571129/09/2018
571007/08/2018
57914/06/2018
57822/04/2018
57727/02/2018
57604/01/2018
57512/11/2017
57419/09/2017
57329/07/2017
57204/06/2017
57111/04/2017
57021/02/2017
561129/12/2016
561006/11/2016
56913/09/2016
56823/07/2016
56729/05/2016
56605/04/2016
56513/02/2016
56420/12/2015
56329/10/2015
56205/09/2015
56112/07/2015
56024/05/2015
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See section 18(2) of the 2013 Act for the meaning of “existing scheme”.

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