{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111124895",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“closing date”, in relation to a transition member, means—\n(a) if the member is a tapered protection member of an existing scheme, the tapered protection closing date for that member; or\n(b) if the member is not a protected member of that scheme, the scheme closing date;\n“full protection member”, in relation to an existing scheme, has the meaning given in paragraphs 8 and 9;\n“protected member”, in relation to an existing scheme, means a full protection member or tapered protection member of that scheme;\n“protection period”—\n(a) for a full protection member of an existing scheme, has the meaning given in paragraph 6;\n(b) for a tapered protection member of an existing scheme, has the meaning given in paragraph 11;\n“tapered protection closing date”, in relation to a tapered protection member of an existing scheme, has the meaning given in paragraph 3;\n“tapered protection member”, in relation to an existing scheme, has the meaning given in paragraphs 12 and 13;\n“transition date”, in relation to a transition member, means—\n(a) if the member is a tapered protection member of an existing scheme, the day after the tapered protection closing date for that member;\n(b) if the member is not a protected member of that scheme, the day after the scheme closing date or, if later, the day the person ceased to be a protected member of the scheme;\n“transition member” means a person—\n(a) who is a member of an existing scheme by virtue of the person’s pensionable service under that scheme before the transition date; and\n(b) who is a member of this scheme by virtue of the person’s pensionable service under this scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111124895/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}