{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/522",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Opting out",
  "text": "(1) A member who—\n(a) has not retired, or\n(b) retired before these Regulations came into force,\nmay opt out by sending a notice to the appropriate Minister.\n(1A) A person with any liability to pay contributions for any period before 7th April 2000 as a consequence of amendments made to these Regulations coming into effect on 1st April 2023, may opt out in relation to all or part of that period by sending a notice to the appropriate Minister on or before 31st October 2023.\n(2) The notice—\n(a) must be in the form determined by the appropriate Minister, and\n(b) must (unless regulation 9(2) applies) specify the date on which the member wishes to opt out.\n(3) Subject to regulation 9(2), the member opts out on the date specified under paragraph (2) or, if earlier, 3 months after the date on which the appropriate Minister receives the notice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 10(1A) inserted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 11"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/522/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:31:24.532822+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."
}