# The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017, Regulation 23: Ill-health certification condition


(1) The ill-health certification condition is met in relation to a member (“P”) if the appropriate Minister—
(a) has received a medical certificate—
(i) stating that P has suffered a permanent breakdown in health that makes P incapable of discharging the duties of the judicial office or offices which P held immediately before retirement; or
(ii) (where P retired due to ill-health before the commencement day), stating that at the date on which P had retired, P had suffered a permanent breakdown in health that made P incapable of discharging the duties of the judicial office or offices which P held immediately before retirement;
(b) is satisfied as to the matters contained in that certificate; and
(c) has, where the appropriate Minister is the Lord Chancellor, consulted—
(i) the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (if P held a judicial office in England and Wales);
(ii) the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (if P held a judicial office in Northern Ireland).
(2) For the purposes of this regulation P’s breakdown in health is “permanent” if it is likely to continue until—
(a) the day on which P reaches the age of 65; or
(b) if later, the day on which, if P had not retired, P would have completed 5 years’ qualifying judicial service.
(3) The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise any of his or her functions under this regulation.
(4) The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate—
(a) the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, or
(b) a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act),
to exercise any of his or her functions under this regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111154953/regulation/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-23
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