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Regulation 110 Purchase of added years by unretired FPJAYS membersF4

(1)

A notice given by an F1unretired FPJAYS member (“M”) under regulation 104(2) must specify—

(a)

M's assumed contribution commencement date;

(b)

M's assumed retirement age;

(c)

the number of qualifying fee-paid days which M proposes to work each year F2in any office in relation to which benefits are to be calculated under the post-1995 provisions to the period ending with the date on which M reaches M's assumed retirement age; and

(d)

the number of added years M intends to purchase.

(2)

The date on which M is to start payment of periodic contributions (“the periodic contributions start date”) must—

(a)

be within 12 months of the date on which M gives the notice, and

(b)

be agreed between M and the administrators.

(3)

The maximum number of added years that M may purchase under the FPJAYS is to be determined in accordance with the formula

(a)

A is the aggregate length of reckonable service in eligible fee-paid judicial offices that M would have at M's assumed retirement date F3and for this purpose regulation 103(1A) and (1B) does not apply, assuming that M works the number of qualifying fee-paid days notified under paragraph (1)(c);

(b)

B is the aggregate length of service in qualifying judicial office (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993) that M would have at M's assumed retirement date; and

(c)

C is the equivalent value of any retained benefits to which M was entitled at the assumed contribution commencement date.

(4)

Where the maximum number of added years would (apart from this paragraph) be negative, it is instead nil.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in reg. 110(1) substituted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 52(3)(a)

F2

Words in reg. 110(1)(c) inserted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 52(3)(b)

F3

Words in reg. 110(3)(a) inserted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 52(3)(c)

F4

Word in reg. 110 heading substituted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 52(2)

Notes on Chapter 3

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Pt. 13 Ch. 3 heading substituted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 52(1)