{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348243956",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-amendment-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 2",
  "text": "In regulation 2(1) —\n(a) in the definition of “the 2017 schemes”, for “and the JASAPS” substitute “, the JASAPS and the FPJABS”;\n(b) after the definition of “the 2017 schemes” insert—\n““the FPJABS” means the Fee-Paid Judicial Added Benefits Scheme constituted by Part 14A;”;\n(c) after the definition of “the JASAPS” insert—\n““JUPRA service” means service in a qualifying judicial office as defined in section 1(6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993;\n“the pre-1995 provisions” means the provisions for the calculation of benefits contained in Part 2B;\n“the post-1995 provisions” means the provisions for the calculation of benefits contained in Parts 3 and 6;”;\n(d) after the definition of “the administrators” insert—\n““the amendment day” means 1st April 2023;”;\n(e) for the definition of “normal pension age” substitute—\n““normal pension age” means (except in Part 11)—\n(a) for an office in relation to which pension benefits are calculated under the pre-1995 provisions—\n(i) for an office listed in Table 1 in Schedule 1, age 70 or the age at which the person has completed 15 years of qualifying judicial service, whichever is earlier,\n(ii) for an office listed in Table 2 or Table 3 in Schedule 1, apart from those offices listed in sub-paragraph (iii) of this definition, age 65 or the age at which the person has completed 2 years of qualifying judicial service, whichever is later,\n(iii) for the offices of Deputy Circuit Judge, Recorder, Assistant Recorder, Employment Tribunal Chairman and Temporary Judge of the Employment Tribunal (when a legal qualification is a requirement of appointment), age 65, or\n(b) for an office in relation to which pension benefits are calculated under the post-1995 provisions, age 65, or the age at which the person has completed 5 years of qualifying judicial service, whichever is later;”;\n(f) after the definition of “retires” insert—\n““service credit day” has the meaning given in regulation 4(3A);\n“service credit day multiplier” means 0.67 where the relevant office is that of Deputy Adjudicator HM Land Registry, and otherwise—\n(a) 0.5 where the member’s appointment to a relevant office is before 1 October 2002, and\n(b) 0.53 where the member’s appointment to a relevant office is on or after 1 October 2002;\n“service limitation date” in relation to an office means a date specified in Schedule 1 in relation to that office after which service may count as qualifying fee-paid service;”;\n(g) omit the definitions of “surviving adult”, “surviving adult’s pension”, “surviving civil partner” and “surviving spouse”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Part 14A is inserted by regulation 65 of these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348243956/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:43:54.845496+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."
}