C1PART 1PRELIMINARY

Annotations:
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Interpretation2

1

In these Regulations—

  • the 1995 Regulations” means the Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1995 F1;

  • the 2017 schemes” means the principal scheme, the JAVC scheme, the FPJAYS and the JASAPS;

  • the JAVC scheme” has the meaning given by regulation 90;

  • the FPJAYS” means the Fee-Paid Judicial Added Years Scheme constituted by Part 13;

  • the JASAPS” means the Fee-Paid Judicial Added Surviving Adult's Pension Scheme constituted by Part 14;

  • active member” has the meaning given by regulation 9;

  • the administrators” means the administrators entrusted with the administration of the scheme constituted by Part 1 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993;

  • appropriate annual salary” has the meaning given by regulation 7;

  • benefits” means any pension or lump sum payable under the principal scheme except where the context otherwise requires;

  • benefit crystallisation event” has the meaning given by section 216 of the Finance Act 2004 F2;

  • the commencement day” means the date on which these Regulations come into force;

  • eligible child” has the meaning given by regulation 40;

  • eligible fee-paid judicial office” has the meaning given by regulation 3(2);

  • fee-paid judicial office” has the meaning given by regulation 3(1);

  • guaranteed minimum pension” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 F3;

  • the ill-health certification condition” has the meaning given by regulation 23;

  • the interim payments amount” has the meaning given by regulation 49;

  • judicial office” has the meaning given by regulation 3(1);

  • lifetime allowance charge” has the meaning given by section 214 of the Finance Act 2004;

  • member” means a person who is a member of the principal scheme under regulation 8;

  • normal pension age” means (except in Part 11) age 65, or the age of a member on the date on which that member has completed in aggregate at least 5 years' qualifying judicial service if that date is later than the date on which the member attains the age of 65;

  • opted-out member” has the meaning given by regulation 9;

  • partial retirement” has the meaning given by regulation 3(4);

  • permitted maximum” has the meaning given in section 3(3A) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 F4;

  • the principal scheme” means the scheme constituted by Parts 1 to 11 of these Regulations;

  • qualifying child” in relation to a member means a child who would be an eligible child if the member were dead;

  • qualifying fee-paid day” has the meaning given by regulation 4;

  • qualifying fee-paid service” has the meaning given by regulation 4;

  • qualifying judicial service” has the meaning given by regulation 6;

  • reckonable service” has the meaning given by regulation 5;

  • registered pension scheme” means a pension scheme that is a registered pension scheme under Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004 F5;

  • retires” has the meaning given by regulation 3(3) and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;

  • surviving adult” has the meaning given by regulation 35(a);

  • surviving adult's pension” has the meaning given by regulation 35(d);

  • surviving civil partner” has the meaning given by regulation 35(c);

  • surviving spouse” has the meaning given by regulation 35(b);

  • tax year” has the meaning given in section 4(2) of the Income Tax Act 2007 F6.

2

Where a calculation performed under these Regulations—

a

results in an amount containing a fraction of £1, the amount is to be rounded up to the next whole £1,

b

results in a period containing a fraction of a year, the period is to be given to four decimal places.