Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022

44 2015 scheme elections

(1) An election (a “2015 scheme election”) may (subject to subsection (2)) be made in respect of a person who has remediable service in a judicial office.

(2) A 2015 scheme election may not be made in respect of a person if—

(a) any of the person’s remediable service is opted-out service, or

(b) a legacy scheme election has been made in respect of the person.

(3) A 2015 scheme election—

(a) must be in writing,

(b) must be received by the relevant authority before the end of the election period,

(c) takes effect at the end of the election period, and

(d) is irrevocable.

(4) Subsection (2)(a) does not apply in a case in which—

(a) some of the person’s service in a judicial office is pensionable service under a judicial legacy scheme, and

(b) section 39(4)(b) applies to the person’s opted-out service only in relation to a judicial 2015 scheme.