PART 4Scheme membership

CHAPTER 2Pensionable service

Enrolment17

1

A person (P) begins pensionable service under this scheme in relation to a qualifying judicial office on the first day on which P becomes an eligible person in relation to service in that office unless—

a

regulation 21 applies; or

b

P is a transition member with continuity of service and paragraph (2) applies.

2

This paragraph applies if—

a

the first day on which P becomes an eligible person in relation to service in a qualifying judicial office is the day after P's transition date; and

b

on P's transition date—

i

P was in service in the same office; and

ii

P has opted out of an existing scheme in relation to that service.