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

Amendment of regulation 2

3.  In regulation 2(1)—

(a) in the definition of “the 2017 schemes”, for “and the JASAPS” substitute “, the JASAPS and the FPJABS”;

(b) after the definition of “the 2017 schemes” insert—

““the FPJABS” means the Fee-Paid Judicial Added Benefits Scheme constituted by Part 14A(1);”;

(c) after the definition of “the JASAPS” insert—

““JUPRA service” means service in a qualifying judicial office as defined in section 1(6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993;

“the pre-1995 provisions” means the provisions for the calculation of benefits contained in Part 2B;

“the post-1995 provisions” means the provisions for the calculation of benefits contained in Parts 3 and 6;”;

(d) after the definition of “the administrators” insert—

““the amendment day” means 1st April 2023;”;

(e) for the definition of “normal pension age” substitute—

““normal pension age” means (except in Part 11)—

(a)

for an office in relation to which pension benefits are calculated under the pre-1995 provisions—

(i)

for an office listed in Table 1 in Schedule 1, age 70 or the age at which the person has completed 15 years of qualifying judicial service, whichever is earlier,

(ii)

for an office listed in Table 2 or Table 3 in Schedule 1, apart from those offices listed in sub-paragraph (iii) of this definition, age 65 or the age at which the person has completed 2 years of qualifying judicial service, whichever is later,

(iii)

for the offices of Deputy Circuit Judge, Recorder, Assistant Recorder, Employment Tribunal Chairman and Temporary Judge of the Employment Tribunal (when a legal qualification is a requirement of appointment), age 65, or

(b)

for an office in relation to which pension benefits are calculated under the post-1995 provisions, age 65, or the age at which the person has completed 5 years of qualifying judicial service, whichever is later;”;

(f) after the definition of “retires” insert—

““service credit day” has the meaning given in regulation 4(3A);

“service credit day multiplier” means 0.67 where the relevant office is that of Deputy Adjudicator HM Land Registry, and otherwise—

(a)

0.5 where the member’s appointment to a relevant office is before 1 October 2002, and

(b)

0.53 where the member’s appointment to a relevant office is on or after 1 October 2002;

“service limitation date” in relation to an office means a date specified in Schedule 1 in relation to that office after which service may count as qualifying fee-paid service;”;

(g) omit the definitions of “surviving adult”, “surviving adult’s pension”, “surviving civil partner” and “surviving spouse”.

(1)

Part 14A is inserted by regulation 65 of these Regulations.