Regulation 12 Retirement aged 65 or over: entitlement to ordinary pension
(1)
This regulation applies where—
(a)
a member (“P”) retires (whether before, on or after the commencement day); and
(b)
on the day on which P retires, P—
(i)
has reached the age of 65;
(ii)
has at least 5 years’ qualifying judicial service, and
(iii)
has accrued reckonable service in relation to an eligible fee-paid judicial office.
(2)
On the pension start day, P becomes entitled to the payment for life of a pension.
(3)
In this regulation “the pension start day” means—
(a)
the day after that on which P retires; or
(b)
if later, the commencement day.