The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Payment of contributions in respect of service before 1st April 2021

10.—(1) The previous service contributions amount, or any part of it, may be paid—

(a) by way of a lump sum at any time during the period of 6 months beginning with 1st April 2021;

(b) by way of such deductions from fees paid to a new member in respect of fee-paid days as may be specified in an agreement between a new member and the appropriate Minister,

and for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b), a “fee-paid day” means a day in respect of which a new member receives a fee in their capacity as a holder of an eligible fee-paid judicial office.

(2) The deductions specified under paragraph (1)(b)—

(a) must be of fixed monetary amounts, and

(b) must be the same for each fee.

(3) A new agreement under paragraph (1)(b) may be entered into at any time after the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the previous agreement was entered into.

(4) Except to the extent that the previous service contributions amount has already been paid under paragraph (1), it is to be paid by way of a deduction from—

(a) the lump sum payable to a new member under Part 3 (retirement benefits) of the FPJPS Regulations, or

(b) where a new member dies before retiring, the lump sum payable in respect of a new member under Part 6 of the FPJPS Regulations.