{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-8.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/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Members of an existing scheme on scheme closing date",
  "text": "(1) A person (P) is a full protection member of an existing scheme if sub-paragraph (2) or sub-paragraph (3) applies—\n(2) This sub-paragraph applies if—\n(a) P was an active member of an existing scheme on 31st March 2012;\n(b) P was an active member of that scheme on the scheme closing date; and\n(c) unless P dies, P would reach normal pension age under that scheme on or before 1st April 2022.\n(3) This sub-paragraph applies if—\n(a) P was an active member of an existing scheme (“P’s transitional scheme”) on 31st March 2012;\n(b) P was an active member of an existing scheme (“Scheme A”) on the scheme closing date; and\n(c) P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under Scheme A and P’s transitional scheme on or before 1st April 2022.",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}