PART 2Amendments relating to service before 7th April 2000

Amendment of regulation 1820.

In regulation 18—

(a)

in paragraph (1), for “a member (“P”)” substitute “P”;

(b)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

in the opening words, after “rate” insert “for any relevant office”,

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (a), in the definition of “R”—

(aa)

after “able to accrue” insert “in the relevant offices”,

(bb)

for “in eligible fee-paid judicial office” substitute “to hold those offices”,

(cc)

in paragraph (i), in the definition of “N”, after “accrued” insert “in the relevant offices”;

(c)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a), omit “(“the relevant offices”)”,

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b) for “relevant” substitute “eligible fee-paid judicial”;

(d)

for paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5)

The annual rate for any relevant office is determined by taking the following steps—

  • Step 1

    Determine the annual rate under paragraph (3) of this regulation, in relation to each relevant office which P held simultaneously with another eligible fee-paid judicial office, as if—

    1. (i)

      that office were the only office in which P had reckonable service on retirement (except in determining the maximum amount in relation to that office under regulation 5), and

    2. (ii)

      P held that office (and held no other judicial office) immediately before retirement.

  • Step 2

    Determine the annual rate under paragraph (3) of this regulation in relation to those relevant offices which P did not hold simultaneously with another fee-paid judicial office, and for these purposes, in paragraph (3)(b), S is—

    1. (i)

      where P held a single judicial office immediately before retirement, the appropriate annual salary of that judicial office,

    2. (ii)

      where P held more than one judicial office immediately before retirement, the highest appropriate annual salary of those offices.

  • Step 3

    Add together the rate determined under Step 1 and each of the rates determined under Step 2.”;

(e)

in paragraph (6)(a), for “an eligible fee-paid judicial” substitute “a relevant”.