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 31 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—
(i)under the NFPS during the period beginning with 2 April 2022 and ending with 31 March 2026, and
(ii)under P’s transitional scheme on or before 1 September 2025.