Regulation 6 Liability to pay contributions in respect of service before 1st April 2021

(1)

Part 8 (contributions in respect of pre-commencement service) and Part 9 (contributions in respect of service on or after commencement day) of the FPJPS Regulations do not apply in respect of a new member before 1st April 2021, without prejudice to Part 9’s continued application to a new member on and after 1st April 2021.

(2)

A new member must pay to the appropriate Minister the previous service contributions amount, being the sum of—

(a)

the previous service personal contributions amount, and

(b)

the previous service dependants’ contributions amount.

(3)

Paragraph (2) is subject to paragraphs (4) and (5).

(4)

A new member is not required to pay the previous service contributions amount if they—

(a)

retired before 1st April 2021, and

(b)

had on retirement less than two years’ qualifying judicial service.

(5)

A new member is not required to pay so much of the previous service contributions amount as is represented by the amount mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) if they—

(a)

retired before 1st April 2021,

(b)

were not married or in a civil partnership at any time during the period—

(i)

beginning with the day on which the new member first held an eligible fee-paid judicial office, and

(ii)

ending on the day on which they retired, and

(c)

did not have a qualifying child at any time during that period.