Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023.

Save as provided by paragraph (3), these Regulations come into operation on 2nd May 2023 or, if later, the day after the day on which they are made.

Regulations 1, 2(1) and (2), 4(b), 14, 15 and 16(2)(b), (5) and (6) come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made.

In these Regulations—

• “the 2015 Regulations” mean the Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015^f1;

• “the 2017 Regulations” means the Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017^f2.