A flowchart that goes through the steps needed to establish whether a member of a registered pension schemes retains a 2010 protected pension age (that is, a right to take early retirement at age 50 following the increase in the normal minimum pension age to 55 on 6 April 2010). For more information, see Practice note, Pensions tax: transitional protection of pre-6 April 2006 pension rights: 2010 protected pension age.