# The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 2: Amendments to the Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015


(1) The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 insert—
“Protection of increases in guaranteed minimum pensions after abolition of contracting-out
7A. (1) Chapter 3 of Part 4 of the 1993 Act (protection for early leavers: protection of increases in guaranteed minimum pensions (“anti-franking”)) is modified as follows.
(2) In the application of that Chapter to P as a member of the old scheme—
(a) in section 83(1)(a)(i) (general protection principle), the reference to the time when P ceases to be in pensionable service under a scheme that was, before the second abolition date, a salary-related contracted-out scheme is to be taken as a reference to the time when P ceases to be in pensionable service in relation to this scheme; and
(b) subsequent references to “the cessation date” are to be construed accordingly.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2016/9780337999642/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-2
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