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

Amendment of regulation 5

6.  In regulation 5—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b) for “column 2 of the Schedule” substitute “column 2 of the appropriate table in Schedule 1”;

(b) in paragraph (8), in Step 2, for the words from “with the next highest” to “lower appropriate annual salary” substitute “whose inclusion would result in a higher annual rate of pension per year of reckonable service taken into account before judicial offices whose inclusion would result in a lower annual rate of pension per year of reckonable service taken into account”;

(c) for paragraph (12) substitute—

“(12) For the purposes of paragraphs (10)(b)(i) and (11)(b)(i)—

(a) the aggregate length of P’s reckonable service in the eligible fee-paid judicial offices is to be determined in accordance with the formula in paragraph (1) as though paragraph (2) does not apply; and

(b) for any office which is specified in Tables 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 in relation to which benefits are to be calculated under the pre-1995 provisions, the following reckonable service in that office is to be multiplied by 20 and divided by 15 to give the amount of P’s reckonable service in that office—

(i) any reckonable service in relation to which benefits are to be calculated under the pre-1995 provisions,

(ii) any reckonable service before the date P had a new appointment as that term is defined in regulation 11B(2), and

(iii) any reckonable service before the date a notice under regulation 11C has effect.”.

(d) in paragraph (13), for the words from “with a higher appropriate annual salary” to the end, substitute “which result in a higher annual rate of pension per year of reckonable service taken into account is to be taken into account before P’s reckonable service in judicial offices which result in a lower annual rate of pension per year of reckonable service taken into account”.