PART 4Provision in relation to certain fee-paid judges

CHAPTER 6Benefits and contributions previously paid or payable

Benefits previously paid or payableI135

1

Paragraph (2) applies in relation to any F1payments purporting to be benefits that the 2015 scheme has at any time paid (“the purported benefits”) to a person so far as—

a

they are calculated by reference to R’s relevant service in a salaried judicial office, and

b

they are F2payments that a person was not entitled to receive F3as benefits from the 2015 scheme.

2

F4The purported benefits are to be treated for all purposes—

a

as not having been paid to the person by the 2015 scheme, but

b

as having been paid to the person instead by the Part 4 judicial legacy salaried scheme.

3

Paragraph (4) applies in relation to any F5payments purporting to be benefits that the 2015 scheme has at any time paid (“the purported benefits”) to a person so far as—

a

they are calculated by reference to R’s relevant service in a fee-paid judicial office, and

b

they are F6payments that a person was not entitled to receive F7as benefits from the 2015 scheme.

4

F8The purported benefits are to be treated for all purposes—

a

as not having been paid to the person by the 2015 scheme, but

b

as having been paid to the person instead by the judicial legacy fee-paid scheme.

5

Where, after taking into account the effect of paragraphs (2) and (4)—

a

a judicial legacy scheme owes a person an amount in respect of benefits which are calculated by reference to R’s relevant service in a judicial office, or

b

a person owes a judicial legacy scheme an amount in respect of such benefits,

such amount must be paid in accordance with regulation 37.