The Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

PART 1 Preliminary

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations—

(a) may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023; and

(b) come into operation on 24th July 2023.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“FPJR 2017” means the Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017(1);

“PSPJOA 2022” means the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022;

“the 2015 Regulations” mean the Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(2);

“the 2015 scheme” means the scheme established by the 2015 Regulations;

“the PSP Directions 2023” means the Public Service Pensions (Exercise of Powers, Compensation and Information) Directions (Northern Ireland) 2023(3);

“appropriate Minister” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the 2015 Regulations;

“appropriate person” means—

(a)

for the purposes of Part 4, R or, if R is deceased, R’s personal representatives;

(b)

for all other purposes, P or, if P is deceased, P’s personal representatives;

“Judicial Pension Board” means the Judicial Pension Board established by regulation 6(1) of the 2015 Regulations;

“relevant service” has the meaning given in regulation 29(2);

“scheme actuary” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the 2015 Regulations;

“scheme manager” has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the 2015 Regulations;

“transfer value payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the 2015 Regulations;

“Treasury directions” has the meaning given in section 75 of the PSPJOA 2022.

(2) Except as provided for in these Regulations, expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 1 of PSPJOA 2022.

(3) A reference in these Regulations to a provision of the PSP Directions 2023 is a reference to that provision as amended from time to time.

Scheme manager

3.—(1) Before exercising any discretion under these Regulations, the scheme manager must obtain a recommendation from the Judicial Pension Board.

(2) If the scheme manager exercises any discretion under these Regulations contrary to a recommendation made by the Judicial Pension Board, the scheme manager must provide written reasons for doing so to the Judicial Pension Board and to any member to whom the discretion relates.

(3) The scheme manager and the Judicial Pension Board may agree that paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to specific discretions or in specific circumstances.

Delegation

4.—(1) The scheme manager may delegate any functions under these Regulations, including this power.

(2) The Judicial Pension Board may delegate any functions under these Regulations.

Right of appeal

5.  The scheme manager must, in consultation with the Judicial Pension Board, establish a procedure for the consideration of appeals against decisions taken under these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 2017/522 as amended by S.I. 2018/1413, S.I. 2018/1149, S.I. 2019/781, S.I. 2020/386, S.I. 2021/444 and S.I. 2023/403.

(2)

S.R. 2015 No. 76 as amended by S.R. 2016 No. 138, S.R. 2019 No. 26, S.R. 2020 No. 10, S.R. 2022 No.73 and S.R. 2023 No. 63.

(3)

Published on 26 January 2023 and accessible online at https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/directions-made-under-public-service-pensions-and-judicial-offices-act-2022.