{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981/schedule-1A/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981/schedule-1A/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/20",
  "legislation_title": "Judicial Pensions Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/1A/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule—\n“authorised insurer” means—\n(i)a person who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of long-term insurance, or\n(ii)an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(d) of Schedule 3 to that Act, which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Schedule) to effect or carry out contracts of long-term insurance;\n“disregarded service”, in relation to any member of a scheme, means any period of service in judicial office during which an election under section 14A(9) above is in force in respect of the qualifying member;\n“normal pension age” means the earliest age at which, if his service had continued until retirement at that age, a member of a scheme might have been entitled to receive a pension under the scheme;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;\n“protected rights” has the same meaning as in the the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and, in relation to Northern Ireland, the the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;\n“qualifying member” means a person to whom Part II of this Schedule applies;\n“qualifying service” means the service, or relevant service, by reference to which a qualifying member’s entitlement to benefit under the scheme is calculated; and\n“scheme” means the relevant occupational pension scheme constituted by this Act or the Sheriffs’ Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961.\n(2) The definition of “authorised insurer” in sub-paragraph (1) must be read with—\n(a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;\n(b) any relevant order under that section;\n(c) Schedule 2 to that Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1A para. 1 becomes Sch. 1A para. 1(1) (1.12.2001) by virtue of 1990 c.41, Sch. 13 (as amended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, art. 326(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1A para. 1: definition of “authorised insurer” substituted for definition of “authorised insurance company” (1.12.2001) by 1990 c. 41, Sch. 13 (as amended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, art. 326(1)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1A para. 1 substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 14(a) (with s. 164); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1A para. 1 substituted (N.I.) (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 18(a); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 1A para. 1(2) inserted (1.12.2001) by 1990 c. 41, Sch. 13 (as amended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, art. 326(1)(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1961 c. 42 (71:2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 1A para. 1 amended (1.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1696, reg. 68, Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 7(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/3325",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/20/schedule/1A/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:34:32.904059+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."
}