{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-additional-voluntary-contributions-regulations-1995/regulation-2.26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-additional-voluntary-contributions-regulations-1995/regulation-2.26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/639",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-additional-voluntary-contributions-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/2.26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2.26",
  "heading": "Benefits which may be provided",
  "text": "Benefits at retirement may normally only be taken in pension form but the whole of the member’s pension may be commuted for a lump sum, from which any tax payable by the administrators shall be deducted, where —\n(a) the pension equivalent of the member’s pension benefits from all sources does not exceed £260 per annum;\n(b) the pension is payable under regulation 2.24(2)(d) and does not exceed £260 per annum; or\n(c) the administrators are satisfied on medical evidence that the member is fatally ill.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/747",
      "affecting_title": "The Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/639/regulation/2.26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:13:51.165314+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."
}