Regulation 17 Enrolment
(1)
A person (P) begins pensionable service under this scheme in relation to a qualifying judicial office on the first day on which P becomes an eligible person in relation to service in that office unless—
(a)
regulation 21 applies; or
(b)
P is a transition member with continuity of service and paragraph (2) applies.
(2)
This paragraph applies if—
(a)
the first day on which P becomes an eligible person in relation to service in a qualifying judicial office is the day after P’s closing date; and
(b)
on P’s closing date—
(i)
P was in service in the same office; and
(ii)
P has opted out of an existing scheme in relation to that service.