# Judicial Pensions Act 1981, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) In this Schedule—
“authorised insurer” means—
(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
(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;
“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;
“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;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;
“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;
“qualifying member” means a person to whom Part II of this Schedule applies;
“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
“scheme” means the relevant occupational pension scheme constituted by this Act or the Sheriffs’ Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961.
(2) The definition of “authorised insurer” in sub-paragraph (1) must be read with—
(a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
(b) any relevant order under that section;
(c) Schedule 2 to that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/20/schedule/1A/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981/schedule-1A/paragraph-1
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