The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Amendment of regulation 18

20.  In regulation 18—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “a member (“P”)” substitute “P”;

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) in the opening words, after “rate” insert “for any relevant office”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), in the definition of “R”—

(aa) after “able to accrue” insert “in the relevant offices”,

(bb) for “in eligible fee-paid judicial office” substitute “to hold those offices”,

(cc) in paragraph (i), in the definition of “N”, after “accrued” insert “in the relevant offices”;

(c) in paragraph (4)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), omit “(“the relevant offices”)”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for “relevant” substitute “eligible fee-paid judicial”;

(d) for paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5) The annual rate for any relevant office is determined by taking the following steps—

• Step 1

  Determine the annual rate under paragraph (3) of this regulation, in relation to each relevant office which P held simultaneously with another eligible fee-paid judicial office, as if—

  (i)

  that office were the only office in which P had reckonable service on retirement (except in determining the maximum amount in relation to that office under regulation 5), and

  (ii)

  P held that office (and held no other judicial office) immediately before retirement.

• Step 2

  Determine the annual rate under paragraph (3) of this regulation in relation to those relevant offices which P did not hold simultaneously with another fee-paid judicial office, and for these purposes, in paragraph (3)(b), S is—

  (i)

  where P held a single judicial office immediately before retirement, the appropriate annual salary of that judicial office,

  (ii)

  where P held more than one judicial office immediately before retirement, the highest appropriate annual salary of those offices.

• Step 3

  Add together the rate determined under Step 1 and each of the rates determined under Step 2.”;

(e) in paragraph (6)(a), for “an eligible fee-paid judicial” substitute “a relevant”.