# The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, Regulation 3: Amendment of regulation 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In regulation 2(1)—
(a) in the definition of “the 2017 schemes”, for “and the JASAPS” substitute “, the JASAPS and the FPJABS”;
(b) after the definition of “the 2017 schemes” insert—
““the FPJABS” means the Fee-Paid Judicial Added Benefits Scheme constituted by Part 14A;”;
(c) after the definition of “the JASAPS” insert—
““JUPRA service” means service in a qualifying judicial office as defined in section 1(6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993;
“the pre-1995 provisions” means the provisions for the calculation of benefits contained in Part 2B;
“the post-1995 provisions” means the provisions for the calculation of benefits contained in Parts 3 and 6;”;
(d) after the definition of “the administrators” insert—
““the amendment day” means 1st April 2023;”;
(e) for the definition of “normal pension age” substitute—
““normal pension age” means (except in Part 11)—
(a)for an office in relation to which pension benefits are calculated under the pre-1995 provisions—
(i)for an office listed in Table 1 in Schedule 1, age 70 or the age at which the person has completed 15 years of qualifying judicial service, whichever is earlier,
(ii)for an office listed in Table 2 or Table 3 in Schedule 1, apart from those offices listed in sub-paragraph (iii) of this definition, age 65 or the age at which the person has completed 2 years of qualifying judicial service, whichever is later,
(iii)for the offices of Deputy Circuit Judge, Recorder, Assistant Recorder, Employment Tribunal Chairman and Temporary Judge of the Employment Tribunal (when a legal qualification is a requirement of appointment), age 65, or
(b)for an office in relation to which pension benefits are calculated under the post-1995 provisions, age 65, or the age at which the person has completed 5 years of qualifying judicial service, whichever is later;”;
(f) after the definition of “retires” insert—
““service credit day” has the meaning given in regulation 4(3A);
“service credit day multiplier” means 0.67 where the relevant office is that of Deputy Adjudicator HM Land Registry, and otherwise—
(a)0.5 where the member’s appointment to a relevant office is before 1 October 2002, and
(b)0.53 where the member’s appointment to a relevant office is on or after 1 October 2002;
“service limitation date” in relation to an office means a date specified in Schedule 1 in relation to that office after which service may count as qualifying fee-paid service;”;
(g) omit the definitions of “surviving adult”, “surviving adult’s pension”, “surviving civil partner” and “surviving spouse”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/403/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-3
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