{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-contributions-regulations-1995/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-contributions-regulations-1995/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/638",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions (Contributions) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-contributions-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Contributions out of lump sum",
  "text": "(1) In this regulation and in regulation 8, “notional date”, in relation to an office-holder, means the date at which the office-holder is assumed to have last ceased to have either a spouse or eligible children, being the date, counting back from the date of retirement, ascertained in accordance with the formula\nD-(D×E/F) where —\na D is the total of the notional service and the service of the office-holder in qualifying judicial office while a member of the scheme;\nb E is the actual period of time served by the office-holder while he had either a spouse or eligible children; and\nc F is the total period of service completed by the office-holder whilst a member of a judicial pension scheme.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (8), where an office-holder to whom Part I applies by virtue of section 1(1)(d) elects to transfer into the Part I scheme on retirement, any outstanding contributions calculated in accordance with paragraphs (4) or (5) as appropriate, shall be made out of his lump sum.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (8), where an office-holder to whom Part I applies by virtue of section 1(1)(b) or (d) dies in office or retires before discharging his contributions liability in respect of his relevant service or 20 years whichever is the less, the outstanding contribution, calculated in accordance with paragraphs (4) or (5) as appropriate, shall be made out of his lump sum.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (8), where an office-holder is unmarried at the date of retirement but during some period or periods of his service has had either a spouse or eligible children, the amount of the deduction from his lump sum shall be calculated in accordance with the formula\n((G-H)×P)×3% where —\na G is the length of service in years and days (expressed in years and fractions of a year) during which contributions would have been paid had the office-holder been a member of the Part I scheme throughout his service to the notional date;\nb H is the total of his contributions credit, and the contributions made into the Part I scheme, in years and days (expressed in years and fractions of a year); and\nc P is his pension-capped salary payable at the date of retirement.\n(5) Subject to paragraph (8), in any case where paragraphs (2) or (3) apply, other than that referred to in paragraph (4), the amount of the deduction from his lump sum shall be calculated in accordance with the formula\n((G-H)×P)×3% where—\na G is the total of the notional service and the actual length of service while a member of the Part I scheme;\nb H and P have the meanings given in paragraph (4).\n(6) Subject to paragraph (8), where an office-holder ceases to hold qualifying judicial office before the age at which his pension would normally become payable and is entitled to a preserved pension under an order made under section 141 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 or section 137 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993, then, where J exceeds K, the amount of deduction from his lump sum shall be calculated in accordance with the formula\n(LM×20)-(H×P)×3% where—\na J has the meaning given in paragraph (7);\nb K is the total of contributions actually paid into the last existing scheme, any former scheme and the Part I scheme, together with compound interest;\nc H and P have the meanings given in paragraph (4);\nd L is the preserved pension of the office-holder calculated in accordance with the Judicial Pensions (Preservation of Benefits) Order 1995; and\ne M is the maximum amount of pension to which the office-holder would have been entitled, being that payable in respect of 20 years service, based on the pension-capped salary by reference to which the preserved award has been calculated.\n(7) In paragraph (6), J is the amount of contributions the office-holder would have made, together with compound interest, at a rate of 3% of his pension capped salary from time to time during the period ascertained in accordance with the formula\nN+LM)×20 where —\na L and M have the meanings given in paragraph (6); and\nb N is the date his notional service began on the basis that such service ends on the day he leaves his last existing scheme.\n(8) An office-holder who has never had either a spouse or eligible children shall not be liable to make any contributions out of his lump sum.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1995/634."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/638/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:13:51.841786+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."
}