{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-additional-voluntary-contributions-regulations-1995/regulation-2.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-additional-voluntary-contributions-regulations-1995/regulation-2.7.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/2.7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2.7",
  "heading": "Maximum benefits for members falling within regulation 2.2(1)(a)",
  "text": "(1) The aggregated retirement benefit shall not exceed the figure equal to the lesser of —\n(a) the amount referred to in paragraph (2)(a), (b) or (c) as appropriate; and\n(b) the greater of —\n(i) 2/3rds of the member’s pensionable pay less retained benefits; and\n(ii) 1/60th of the member’s pensionable pay for each year of service up to a maximum of 40 years.\n(2) The amount referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall be —\n(a) where the member retires between the ages of 50 and 75 (except where he retires before the age of 65 on the ground of ill health), 1/30th of the member’s pensionable pay for each year of service up to a maximum of 20 years;\n(b) where the member retires before the age of 65 on the ground of ill health, 1/30th of the member’s pensionable pay for each year of service that would have been completed had the member worked until the age of 65 up to a maximum of 20 years;\n(c) where the member leaves the scheme before the age of 65 on any other grounds, an amount calculated in accordance with the formula\nM×NNS where —\n(i) M is the maximum pension which would have been available to the member at age 65;\n(ii) N is the number of years and days of service (expressed in years and fractions of years as appropriate) in the Part 1 scheme completed at the date the member leaves the scheme; and\n(iii) NS is the number of years and days of service (expressed in years and fractions of years as appropriate) in the Part 1 scheme which the member would have completed had he remained in service until the age of 65.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/52",
      "affecting_title": "The Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/639/regulation/2.7",
    "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."
}