PART 1Preliminary
InterpretationI12
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In these Regulations—
“PSPJOA 2022” means the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022;
“the 2015 Regulations” means the Judicial Pensions Regulations 20155;
“the 2015 scheme” means the scheme established by the 2015 Regulations;
“FPJR 2017” means the Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 20176;
“the PSP Directions 2022” means the Public Service Pensions (Exercise of Powers, Compensation and Information) Directions 20227;
“appropriate Minister” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the 2015 Regulations;
“appropriate person” means—
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for the purposes of Part 4, R or, if R is deceased, R’s personal representatives;
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for all other purposes, P or, if P is deceased, P’s personal representatives;
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“Judicial Pension Board” means the Judicial Pension Board established by regulation 6(1) of the 2015 Regulations;
F1“purported added pension payment” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Regulations;
“purported effective pension age payment” means a payment—
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which was made by either—
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a person “P” who has remediable service in a judicial office, or
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a relevant fee-paid judge who has relevant service in a judicial office,
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- b
which was intended to be an effective pension age payment under Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Regulations, and
- c
which was not in fact an effective pension age payment under Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Regulations due to—
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a determination by a court or tribunal that, as a result of a non-discrimination rule, any person has rights under a judicial legacy scheme in respect of P’s remediable service,
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an agreement between the scheme manager of a judicial legacy scheme and any person that, as a result of a non-discrimination rule, the person has any rights under the scheme in respect of P’s remediable service, or
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the payment being made in relation to a relevant fee-paid judge;
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- a
“purported special payment” means a payment—
- a
which was made by either—
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a person “P” who has remediable service in a judicial office, or
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a relevant fee-paid judge who has relevant service in a judicial office,
- i
- b
which was intended to be a special payment under regulation 74(3)(a) or (c) of the 2015 Regulations, and
- c
which was not in fact a special payment under regulation 74(3)(a) or (c) due to—
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a determination by a court or tribunal that, as a result of a non-discrimination rule, any person has rights under a judicial legacy scheme in respect of P’s remediable service,
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an agreement between the scheme manager of a judicial legacy scheme and any person that, as a result of a non-discrimination rule, the person has any rights under the scheme in respect of P’s remediable service, or
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the payment being made in relation to a relevant fee-paid judge;
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“relevant service” has the meaning given in regulation 29(2);
“scheme actuary” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the 2015 Regulations;
“scheme manager” has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the 2015 Regulations;
“transfer value payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the 2015 Regulations.
2
Except as provided for in these Regulations, expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 1 of PSPJOA 2022.
3
A reference in these Regulations to a provision of the PSP Directions 2022 is a reference to that provision as amended from time to time.