# The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111154953/regulation/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-53
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