{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-152",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-152.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111124895",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/152",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "152",
  "heading": "Forfeiture: offences committed by a member’s beneficiary",
  "text": "(1) If the beneficiary of a deceased member of this scheme (D) is convicted of a relevant criminal offence, the appropriate Minister may, in agreement with the relevant head of jurisdiction and to the extent that they both consider appropriate, withhold benefits payable to the beneficiary in respect of D.\n(2) The appropriate Minister may, in agreement with the relevant head of jurisdiction and to the extent that they both consider it appropriate, withhold benefits, but may only withhold that part of a pension that exceeds any guaranteed minimum to which the beneficiary is entitled under section 17 (minimum pensions for widows and widowers) of PSA 1993.\n(3) If the appropriate Minister withholds all of the benefits payable to a beneficiary, Part 8 applies as if the beneficiary had died before D.\n(4) In this regulation, “relevant criminal offence” means—\n(a) the murder of D;\n(b) the manslaughter of D; or\n(c) any other offence of which the unlawful killing of D is an element.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111124895/regulation/152",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:11:22.124988+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."
}