Pension Planning March 2014 Issue 46 (Age 36 - 55) | Page 8

Career Average Pension - Membership before 1st April 2014 It is important to note that all pensions built up before 1 April 2014 are protected. As a current contributing member to the Scheme you will get a pension (and automatic lump sum if any) based on your final pay at eventual retirement, calculated under the current scheme definition of pensionable pay (as detailed on page 7). This means that any future pay increases you receive will be included in the final pay used to work out these benefits. It’s also worth mentioning that you will maintain the best of the last three years check. Your final pay is generally your last 12 months of membership, however we will use one of your previous two years if that is higher when calculating your pension built up before 1st April 2014. Protection for all st The other highlight to protection on pension built up before 1st April 2014 is you will maintain the current definition of Normal Pension Age, which for the majority of our members is a