Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1995 Regulations” means the Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1995^f1;

• “the 2017 schemes” means the principal scheme, the JAVC scheme, the FPJAYS and the JASAPS;

• “the JAVC scheme” has the meaning given by regulation 90;

• “the FPJAYS” means the Fee-Paid Judicial Added Years Scheme constituted by Part 13;

• “the JASAPS” means the Fee-Paid Judicial Added Surviving Adult’s Pension Scheme constituted by Part 14;

• “active member” has the meaning given by regulation 9;

• “the administrators” means the administrators entrusted with the administration of the scheme constituted by Part 1 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993;

• “appropriate annual salary” has the meaning given by regulation 7;

• “benefits” means any pension or lump sum payable under the principal scheme except where the context otherwise requires;

• “benefit crystallisation event” has the meaning given by section 216 of the Finance Act 2004^f2;

• “the commencement day” means the date on which these Regulations come into force;

• “eligible child” has the meaning given by regulation 40;

• “eligible fee-paid judicial office” has the meaning given by regulation 3(2);

• “fee-paid judicial office” has the meaning given by regulation 3(1);

• “guaranteed minimum pension” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993^f3;

• “the ill-health certification condition” has the meaning given by regulation 23;

• “the interim payments amount” has the meaning given by regulation 49;

• “judicial office” has the meaning given by regulation 3(1);

• “lifetime allowance charge” has the meaning given by section 214 of the Finance Act 2004;

• “member” means a person who is a member of the principal scheme under regulation 8;

• “normal pension age” means (except in Part 11) age 65, or the age of a member on the date on which that member has completed in aggregate at least 5 years’ qualifying judicial service if that date is later than the date on which the member attains the age of 65;

• “opted-out member” has the meaning given by regulation 9;

• “partial retirement” has the meaning given by regulation 3(4);

• “permitted maximum” has the meaning given in section 3(3A) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993^f4;

• “the principal scheme” means the scheme constituted by Parts 1 to 11 of these Regulations;

• “qualifying child” in relation to a member means a child who would be an eligible child if the member were dead;

• “qualifying fee-paid day” has the meaning given by regulation 4;

• “qualifying fee-paid service” has the meaning given by regulation 4;

• “qualifying judicial service” has the meaning given by regulation 6;

• “reckonable service” has the meaning given by regulation 5;

• “registered pension scheme” means a pension scheme that is a registered pension scheme under Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004^f5;

• “retires” has the meaning given by regulation 3(3) and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;

• “surviving adult” has the meaning given by regulation 35(a);

• “surviving adult’s pension” has the meaning given by regulation 35(d);

• “surviving civil partner” has the meaning given by regulation 35(c);

• “surviving spouse” has the meaning given by regulation 35(b);

• “tax year” has the meaning given in section 4(2) of the Income Tax Act 2007^f6.

Where a calculation performed under these Regulations—