Article 2
These Rules shall apply where—
(a)
any person becomes a Circuit judge by virtue of having held a specified office; and
(b)
a pension or derivative benefit becomes payable to, or in respect of, that person under section 19 of the Act; and
(c)
the period of that person's service which falls to be taken into account in determining the amount of that pension or derivative benefit, includes, by virtue of paragraph 9(1) of schedule 2 to the Act, service in the specified office; and
(d)
the period of that person's service as a Circuit judge, disregarding any period of service taken into account by virtue of paragraph 9(1) of schedule 2 to the Act, is less than fifteen completed years.