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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/20",
  "legislation_title": "Judicial Pensions Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph has effect as respects a person who at the time of his appointment to an office within paragraph 1 above was employed in the civil service of the State and was subject to the principal civil service pension scheme.\n(2) If such a person so elects—\n(a) he shall continue to be subject to the principal civil service pension scheme as if service in an office within paragraph 1 above were employment in the civil service of the State, and\n(b) the provisions of Parts II, III, and IV of this Schedule, and of Part II and section 33ZA of this Act, shall not apply to him.\n(3) An election under this paragraph shall be made by notice in writing in such form and within such period as may be prescribed by the Lord Chancellor.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(b) inserted (3.1.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), s. 38(4), Sch. 5 para. 2(4); S.I. 2011/3034, art. 3(j)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/723",
      "affecting_title": "The Senior Courts (Transfer, Amendment and Consequential Provision) Order 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/20/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:16.188680+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."
}