Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations —

• “the 1993 Act” means the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 and any reference to a Part or section by number alone shall be construed as a reference to the Part or section so numbered in that Act;

• “contribution” means a contribution towards the cost of a surviving spouse’s or children’s pension;

• “former scheme” and “last existing scheme” have the meanings given to them in the Judicial Pensions (Transfer Between Judicial Pension Schemes) Regulations 1995^f1.

• “lump sum” means the lump sum payable under section 4 on the retirement or death of an office holder;

• “office-holder” means a person serving in an office in respect of which a surviving spouse’s or children’s pension may be granted under Part I;

• “Part I scheme” means the pension scheme constituted under Part I;

• “responsible authority” means in relation to an office-holder, the person or body responsible for paying his salary;

• “notional service” means the period of service credited to an office holder who transfers into the Part I scheme from another judicial pension scheme, on the date of his transfer into that scheme, calculated in accordance with the Judicial Pensions (Transfer Between Judicial Pension Schemes) Regulations 1995.

References in these regulations to compound interest shall mean compound interest at a rate announced annually by the Treasury in relation to the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme^f2 and which is based on average building society interest rates.