{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-21.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/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Retirement under 65 due to ill-health: entitlement to ill-health enhanced pension",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where—\n(a) a member (“P”) retires (whether before, on or after the commencement day);\n(b) on the day on which P retires, P has not reached the age of 65; and\n(c) the ill-health certification condition is met in relation to P.\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 after that on which P retires, or\n(b) if later, the commencement day.\n(4) Where, apart from this paragraph, P would be entitled to—\n(a) a pension under this regulation, and\n(b) a pension under—\n(i) regulation 14 (retirement between the ages of 60 and 65: entitlement to reduced pension),\n(ii) regulation 15 (retirement under the age of 60 due to removal from judicial office: entitlement to reduced pension), or\n(iii) regulation 17 (retirement under the normal pension age: entitlement to preserved pension),\nP is not entitled to any pension mentioned in sub-paragraph (b).",
  "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/21",
    "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."
}