Paragraph 9 The Judicial Pensions (Guaranteed Minimum Pension etc) Order 1995

Article 6 (contribution in the event of marriage during retirement) is amended as follows.

In the side-note, after “marriage” insert “or formation of civil partnership”.

For paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1)

Where an office-holder is neither married nor a civil partner on the date that he ceases to hold office, he may be required to undertake that, in return for payment of a lump sum to him under the scheme, he will, on his first marriage or the formation of his first civil partnership afterwards, pay a contribution in respect of the benefits that may become payable to his surviving spouse or surviving civil partner by virtue of article 5.”.

In paragraph (2)(a)(ii)—