PART 13THE FEE-PAID JUDICIAL ADDED YEARS SCHEME

CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION

Interpretation and appointment of actuary

103.—(1) In this Part—

“active FPJAYS member” means an FPJAYS member who is an active member of the principal scheme;

“assumed contribution commencement date” has the meaning given in regulation 105(1);

“assumed retirement age” has the meaning given in regulation 105(3);

“assumed retirement date” means the date on which an active FPJAYS member reaches the assumed retirement age;

“equivalent value of any retained benefits” means a period of time expressed in years and any fraction of a year determined by the FPJAYS actuary to represent the value of any retained benefits;

“FPJAYS” is the scheme constituted by this part of the Regulations;

“FPJAYS actuary” means the actuary appointed by the appropriate Minister under paragraph (2) of this regulation;

“FPJAYS member” means a member of the FPJAYS;

“judicial pension scheme” means the scheme constituted by the Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015(1), or any scheme constituted by the 1995 Regulations;

“periodic contributions start date” has the meaning given in regulation 110(2);

“retained benefits” are benefits determined by the administrators as satisfying the definition of that expression for the purposes of the 1995 Regulations as those Regulations were first in force;

“retired FPJAYS member” means an FPJAYS member who has retired from an eligible fee-paid judicial office before the commencement day and who was not an opted-out member of the principal scheme;

“Table 1” means the table in Schedule 1 to the 1995 Regulations

(2) The appropriate Minister must appoint an actuary who appears to the Minister to be appropriately qualified to act as the FPJAYS actuary for the purposes of this Part.