Commentary on Sections and Schedules Paragraph 31: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
277.This paragraph enables active and deferred members of the Legal Services Commission who transfer into the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme on 1 April 2013 and were within 10 and 13.5 years of their pension age on 1 April 2012 to be eligible for the transitional protection available to other staff in the receiving scheme by virtue of section 18 (5) and (7).