{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-128C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-128C.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/128C",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "128C",
  "heading": "Membership",
  "text": "(1) Membership of the FPJABS is open to unretired and retired members of the principal scheme (but not to opted out members) for whom benefits are to be calculated under the pre-1995 provisions in respect of one or more eligible fee-paid judicial offices in which the member has qualifying fee-paid service between 31st March 1995 and 5th April 2006.\n(2) A person to whom membership of the FPJABS is open may become an FPJABS member by giving notice in writing (a “membership notice”) to the administrators before 1st April 2027 (or by such later date as the administrators may agree).\n(3) Subject to the provisions of this Part, an FPJABS member has the right to purchase added units of benefit in relation to one or more eligible fee-paid judicial offices for which benefits are to be calculated under the pre-1995 provisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pts. 14A, 14B inserted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), reg. 1(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 128C(2) substituted (17.12.2024) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1358), regs. 1(1), 26"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/522/regulation/128C",
    "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."
}