{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2017/9780111154953",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Retirement under the normal pension age: entitlement to preserved pension",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where—\n(a) a member (“P”) retires (whether before, on or after the commencement day);\n(b) if P retires by virtue of having been removed from all judicial offices held by P—\n(i) the appropriate Minister makes a recommendation under regulation 15(1)(c), and\n(ii) P does not make an election under regulation 15(3); and\n(c) on the day on which P retires, P—\n(i) has not reached normal pension age,\n(ii) has at least 2 years’ qualifying judicial service; and\n(iii) is not entitled to a pension under regulation 14.\n(2) On the pension start day, P becomes entitled to the payment for life of a pension.\n(3) In this regulation “the pension start day” means—\n(a) the day on which P—\n(i) reaches the age of 65, or\n(ii) (if later) would have completed five years’ qualifying judicial service, if P had continued to hold a judicial office; or\n(b) if later, the commencement day.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111154953/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:06:45.104334+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."
}