CHAPTER 2Pensionable service
Application of Chapter
10.—(1) This Chapter applies in relation to a continuous period of service in a qualifying judicial office.
(2) If a person is in service in two or more qualifying judicial offices, this Chapter applies separately in relation to each of the offices.
Enrolment
11. A person (P) begins pensionable service under this scheme in relation to a qualifying judicial office on the first day on which P becomes an eligible person in relation to service in that office unless regulation 13 (opting out before the end of one month) applies.
Opting out of this scheme
12.—(1) A person (P) opts out of this scheme in relation to service in a qualifying judicial office if P opts not to be an active member of this scheme in relation to that service.
(2) P may only exercise the option under paragraph (1) by notice to the scheme manager in a form required by the scheme manager (“opt-out notice”).
(3) The option is taken to be exercised on the date on which the opt-out notice is received by the scheme manager.
Opting out before the end of one month
13.—(1) This regulation applies if a person (P) opts out of this scheme in relation to a continuous period of service in a qualifying judicial office before the end of one month after P’s first day of a continuous period of service in that office (or within any longer period the scheme manager considers appropriate).
(2) If this regulation applies, P is taken never to have been in pensionable service under this scheme in relation to the continuous period of service in that office.
Opting out after one month
14.—(1) This regulation applies if a person (P) opts out of this scheme in relation to a continuous period of service in a qualifying judicial office not less than one month after P’s first day of a continuous period of service in that office.
(2) If P opts out of this scheme by opt-out notice, P ceases to be in pensionable service under this scheme in relation to that office—
(a)on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after the date on which the option is exercised; or
(b)if the scheme manager considers that day inappropriate, on the first day of any later pay period the scheme manager considers appropriate.
Opting into this scheme
15.—(1) A person (P) who, in relation to a qualifying judicial office, is an eligible person but is not in pensionable service under this scheme may opt to become an active member of this scheme in relation to service in that office.
(2) The option under this regulation may only be exercised by notice to the scheme manager in a form required by the scheme manager (“opt-in notice”).
(3) If P exercises the option under this regulation in relation to service in a qualifying judicial office, P is taken to exercise that option on the date on which the opt-in notice is received by the scheme manager.
(4) If P opts out of this scheme within 12 months after opting in, P may not opt in again until after the end of that period of 12 months.