The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Amendment of regulation 103

46.  In regulation 103—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) omit the definition of “active FPJAYS member”,

(ii) in the definition of “assumed retirement date”, for “active” substitute “unretired”,

(iii) in the definition of “judicial pension scheme”, after “2015” insert “or 2022”,

(iv) in the definition of “retired FPJAYS member”, omit “before the commencement day”,

(v) at the end insert—

““unretired FPJAYS member” means an FPJAYS member who continues to hold judicial office.”;

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) In relation to fee-paid days between 1st April 2015 and 31st March 2022, regulation 4 applies for the purposes of this Part as if paragraph (2)(c) were omitted.

(1B) References in this Part to reckonable service and to qualifying fee-paid days are to be read as including a reference to fee-paid days in judicial office after 31st March 2022 as if the principal scheme had not been closed to further accruals.”.