{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-12.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/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Retirement aged 65 or over: entitlement to ordinary pension",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in respect of one or more relevant offices where—\n(a) P retires (whether before, on or after the commencement day); and\n(b) on the day on which P retires, P—\n(i) has reached the age of 65;\n(ii) has at least 5 years' qualifying judicial service, and\n(iii) has accrued reckonable service in relation to the relevant office.\n(2) On a pension start day, P becomes entitled to the payment for life of a pension.\n(3) In this regulation “pension start day” means—\n(a) in respect of pension payable in respect of qualifying fee-paid service on or after 7 April 2000—\n(i) the day after that on which P retires, or\n(ii) if later, the commencement day;\n(b) in respect of pension payable in respect of qualifying fee-paid service before 7 April 2000—\n(i) the day after that on which P retires, or\n(ii) if later, the amendment day.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(1) inserted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 14(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 12(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 14(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(1)(b)(iii) substituted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 14(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(2) substituted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 14(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 12(3) substituted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 14(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/522/regulation/12",
    "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."
}