{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/circuit-judges-superannuation-transitional-rules-1971/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1971/2047",
  "legislation_title": "The Circuit Judges' Superannuation (Transitional) Rules 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/circuit-judges-superannuation-transitional-rules-1971",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In any case where these Rules apply, the Crown shall be entitled to recover from the authority which, before 1st January 1972, was responsible, directly or indirectly, for meeting the whole or any part of the cost of the superannuation benefits payable to or in respect of former holders of the specified office, a contribution which bears to the total amount of benefits payable the same proportion as the period of the person's service in the specified office bears to the total period of service in respect of which benefits are payable:\nProvided that the amount of any contribution so recoverable shall not exceed the amount of any contribution which would have been payable by the authority under Rule 7(2) of the Superannuation (Judicial Offices) Rules 1970 had the person made an election under those Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1970 II, p. 3171)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/2047/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:37:04.263802+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}