Backport changes from gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!581

## What does this MR do?

Backports changes that were made in gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!581, to avoid potential merge conflicts in the future.

## What are the relevant issue numbers?

- Related to gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!581

## Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

## Tasks

- [ ]  !5824 Backport changes from EE!581 to CE
    - [x]  Implementation
        - [x]  ::ProtectedBranches::CreateService.new
        - [x]  Can't remove `load_protected_branches_gon_variables`
        - [x]  `has_many` with count enforced
        - [x]  Extract from access levels
        - [x]  project.protected_branches.create(params)
        - [x]  Improve "access_levels.first"
        - [x]  Fix tests
    - [x]  Fix build
    - [x]  Assign to Douwe
    - [ ]  Wait for review/merge

See merge request !5824