Regulation 27 Option to take partial retirement in relation to a fee-paid judicial office

(1)

Paragraph (2) applies where a member (“P”) at any time F1... ceases to hold an eligible fee-paid judicial office (“the relevant office”) and—

(a)

P has reckonable service in relation to the relevant office;

(b)

either—

(i)

at the time P ceases to hold the relevant office, P holds one or more other eligible fee-paid judicial offices, or

(ii)

after P ceases to hold the relevant office, P is appointed to another judicial office; and

(c)

at the time P ceases to hold the relevant office, P has at least 2 years' qualifying judicial service.

(2)

P may take partial retirement in relation to the relevant office by giving notice in writing to the appropriate Minister.

(3)

The notice—

(a)

must be in the form determined by the appropriate Minister, and

must be received by the appropriate Minister within the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which P ceases to hold the relevant office.

(4)

A notice under this regulation has effect on the day on which it is received by the appropriate Minister, and is irrevocable.

(5)

For the purposes of this regulation, P is not treated as ceasing to hold a judicial office if—

(a)

P's appointment to a judicial office in one chamber of the First-tier Tribunal changes to a judicial office in another chamber of that Tribunal, or

(b)

P's appointment to a judicial office in one chamber of the Upper Tribunal changes to a judicial office in another chamber of that Tribunal.

Annotations

F1: Words in reg. 27(1) omitted (1.4.2023) by virtue of The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 71(6)

C1: Reg. 27(3)(b) modified (5.7.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/766), regs. 1(b), 10
C2: Reg. 27(3)(b) modified (5.7.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/766), regs. 1(b), 18(2)(3)

C1: Pts. 1-11 restricted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.4.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), ss. 90, 131(1)(2)(f)