SCHEDULE 3

Transitional provisions
PART 2

Exceptions for full protection members

Meaning of “full protection member”
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1
A person (P) to whom paragraph 7 or 8 applies is a full protection member of the existing scheme.
2
P ceases to be a full protection member of the existing scheme on whichever of the following days occurs first—
a
the day on which P ceases to be in pensionable service under the existing scheme; or
b
31st March 2022.

Active members of the existing scheme
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This paragraph applies if—
a
P was an active member of the existing scheme, as defined in Part 1, on the scheme closing date and on 31st March 2012;
b
a pension, other than a phased retirement pension, has not become payable to P on or after 1st April 2012; and
c
unless P dies, P would reach normal pension age under that scheme on or before 1st April 2022.

Active members of an existing public service scheme
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This paragraph applies if—
a
P was an active member of an existing public service scheme on the scheme closing date and on 31st March 2012;
b
P enters eligible employment not more than 5 years after leaving pensionable service under the existing public service scheme;
c
a pension in respect of all of P's service in the existing public service scheme has not become payable on or after 1st April 2012; and
d
unless P dies, P would reach normal pension age under the existing scheme and the existing public service scheme on or before 1st April 2022.

Exception for full protection member during protection period
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1
This paragraph applies to a person (P) if P is a full protection member of the existing scheme by virtue of the application of either paragraph 7 or 8.
2
The protection period for P 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 that scheme.
3
During the protection period—
a
P's pensionable service is pensionable service under the existing scheme; and
b
Section 18(1) of the Act does not apply in respect of that pensionable period.

Full protection member not eligible to join this scheme
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While a person (P) is a full protection member of the existing scheme, P is not eligible to be an active member of this scheme.
Sch. 3 para. 6(2) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/134), regs. 1(2), 2(4)