The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017

Payment of pre-commencement contributions amount

58.—(1) The pre-commencement contributions amount, or any part of it, may be paid—

(a) by way of a lump sum at any time during the period of 6 months beginning with the commencement day;

(b) by way of such deductions from fees paid to P in respect of fee-paid days as may be specified in an agreement between P and the appropriate Minister,

and for the purposes of paragraph (b), a “fee-paid” day means a day in respect of which P receives a fee in P’s capacity as a holder of an eligible fee-paid judicial office.

(2) The deductions specified under paragraph (1)(b)—

(a) must be of fixed monetary amounts, and

(b) must be the same for each fee.

(3) A new agreement under paragraph (1)(b) may be entered into at any time after the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the previous agreement was entered into.

(4) Except to the extent that the pre-commencement contributions amount has already been paid under paragraph (1), it is to be paid by way of a deduction from—

(a) the lump sum payable to P under Part 3, or

(b) where P dies before retiring, the lump sum payable in respect of P under Part 6.