Regulation 10 Payment of contributions in respect of service before 1st April 2021I1

United Kingdom

(1)

The previous service contributions amount, or any part of it, may be paid—

F1(a)

by way of a lump sum—

(i)

at any time during the period beginning on 1st April 2021 and ending at the end of 31st March 2025, or

(ii)

at such later time as the administrators consider reasonable in all the circumstances;

(b)

by way of such deductions from fees paid to a new member in respect of fee-paid days as may be specified in an agreement between a new member and the appropriate Minister,

and for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b), a “fee-paid day” means a day in respect of which a new member receives a fee in their capacity as a holder of an eligible fee-paid judicial office.

(2)

The deductions specified under paragraph (1)(b)—

(a)

must be of fixed monetary amounts, and

(b)

must be the same for each fee.

(3)

A new agreement under paragraph (1)(b) may be entered into at any time after the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the previous agreement was entered into.

(4)

Except to the extent that the previous service contributions amount has already been paid under paragraph (1), it is to be paid by way of a deduction from—

(a)

the lump sum payable to a new member under Part 3 (retirement benefits) of the FPJPS Regulations, or

(b)

where a new member dies before retiring, the lump sum payable in respect of a new member under Part 6 of the FPJPS Regulations.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 10(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. para. 7(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/766), reg. 1(b), Sch. para. 7

Commencement

I1: Reg. 10 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(1)