6.—(1) In these Regulations, “qualifying judicial service”, in relation to a member (“P”), means the period during which P holds a judicial office.
(2) For the purposes of determining P’s qualifying judicial service—
(a)it does not matter whether P holds a judicial office before or after the commencement day;
(b)where there is more than one period during which P holds a judicial office, all such periods are to be aggregated;
(c)where P holds more than one judicial office during any period, the period is to be counted only once;
(d)any period during which P is an opted-out member of the principal scheme is to be disregarded; and
(e)any period during which P held a fee-paid judicial office which is not an eligible fee-paid judicial office is to be disregarded.