The Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Partnership pension account: requirement to transfer and surrender rights.

32.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—

(a) R has relevant service in a salaried judicial office, and

(b) any of the relevant service is PPA opted-out relevant service.

(2) The relevant person must, before the end of the notification period, take the steps specified in section 41(3) of PSPJOA 2022 and for these purposes section 41(3) is to be read as if—

(a) references to the relevant judicial legacy salaried scheme were references to the Part 4 judicial legacy salaried scheme;

(b) the reference in section 41(3)(c) to the appropriate person were a reference to the relevant person.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies where—

(a) R has relevant service in a fee-paid judicial office, and

(b) any of the relevant service is PPA opted-out relevant service.

(4) The relevant person must, before the end of the notification period, take the steps specified in section 41(6) of PSPJOA 2022, and for these purposes the reference in section 41(6)(c) to the appropriate person is to be read as a reference to the relevant person.

(5) In this regulation, “relevant person” means “R” or, if R is deceased—

(a) the adult survivor, or

(b) if there is no adult survivor, R’s personal representatives.