# The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017, Regulation 11S: Annual rate of surviving adult’s pension: special provision for surviving civil partners


(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—
(a) the surviving civil partner in relation to a member (“P”) becomes entitled to a pension under regulation 11Q;
(b) P held a judicial office before, and on, 5th December 2005; and
(c) P elects in writing to the administrators, within the period of 6 months beginning with the relevant day, that the annual rate of the surviving civil partner’s pension under regulation 11R should be calculated as if P first held a judicial office on 5th December 2005.
(2) The rate of P’s pension, for the purposes of regulation 11R, is to be determined on the basis that P first held a judicial office on 5th December 2005.
(3) In this regulation “the relevant day” means—
(a) the amendment day; or
(b) if later, the day on which the civil partnership is entered into.
(4) An election under this regulation is irrevocable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/522/regulation/11S (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-11S
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