PART 2Amendments coming into operation immediately before, or on, 6th April 2012

Amendment of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act3.

In Schedule 2 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 19933 (transfer of accrued benefits)—

(a)

in paragraph 1(1) (interpretation) omit the definition of “protected rights”4;

(b)

in paragraph 6 (method of taking cash benefit)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (6)(a) omit “or his protected rights”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (6)(b) omit “or protected rights”;

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (7) for “protected rights or those” substitute “that”;

(c)

in paragraph 7(2)(a)(ii) (calculation of cash equivalents) omit “or give effect to protected rights”;

(d)

in paragraph 9(2) (option to be exercised in writing) omit “or give effect to protected rights”.