Regulation 53 Liability to pay pre-commencement contributions amount

(1)

P must pay to the appropriate Minister an amount (“the pre-commencement contributions amount”), being the sum of—

(a)

the pre-commencement personal contributions amount (see regulation 54), and

(b)

the pre-commencement dependants’ contributions amount (see regulation 55).

(2)

Paragraph (1) is subject to paragraphs (3) and (4).

(3)

P is not required to pay the pre-commencement contributions amount if P—

(a)

retired before the commencement day, and

(b)

had on retirement less than two years qualifying judicial service.

(4)

P is not required to pay so much of the pre-commencement contributions amount as is represented by the amount mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) if P—

(a)

retired before the commencement day,

(b)

was not married or in a civil partnership at any time during the period—

(i)

beginning with the day on which P first held an eligible fee-paid judicial office, and

(ii)

ending with the day on which P retired; and

(c)

did not have a qualifying child at any time during that period.