# The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1995 Regulations” means the Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1995;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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.
(2) Where a calculation performed under these Regulations—
(a) results in an amount containing a fraction of £1, the amount is to be rounded up to the next whole £1,
(b) results in a period containing a fraction of a year, the period is to be given to four decimal places.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111154953/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-2
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