Paragraph 6 The Judicial Pensions (Northern Ireland) (Widows’ and Children’s Benefits) Regulations 1987

After regulation 6 insert—

“Relevant service partly before 5th December 2005 (in relation to surviving civil partner’s pensions)

6A.

(1)

If, for the purposes of surviving civil partner’s pensions, the office-holder’s relevant service is not, or is not treated as, wholly after 4th December 2005 by virtue of an election made by the office holder under either paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2A to the Act of 1959 or paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1960, such that the surviving civil partner’s pension falls to be calculated under either paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 2A to the Act of 1959 or paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1960, then the amount of the contribution shall be three quarters of the lump sum multiplied by the fraction—

Q/S

where—

Q represents the number of months of the office-holder’s relevant service after 4th December 2005, and

S represents the total number of months of the office-holder’s relevant service.

(2)

If the office-holder last had a civil partner at a time before the end of the office-holder’s relevant service the amount of the contribution shall (instead of that in paragraph (1)) be that arrived at under paragraph (1) multiplied by the following fraction—

T/Q

where—

T represents the number of months of the office-holder’s relevant service before the time the office-holder last had a civil partner and after 4th December 2005, and

Q represents the number of months of the office-holder’s relevant service after 4th December 2005.”.