{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-53A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-fee-paid-judges-regulations-2017/regulation-53A.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/53A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "53A",
  "heading": "Liability to pay initial pre-commencement contributions amount",
  "text": "(1) P must pay to the appropriate Minister the initial pre-commencement contributions amount being the sum of—\n(a) the initial pre-commencement personal contributions amount in respect of service credit days (see regulation 54A); and\n(b) the initial pre-commencement dependants’ contributions amount (see regulation 55A).\n(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to paragraphs (3) and (4).\n(3) P is not required to pay the initial pre-commencement contributions amount if P had on retirement less than two years qualifying judicial service.\n(4) P is not required to pay the initial pre-commencement dependants’ contributions amount if P—\n(a) retired before 31st March 2023,\n(b) was not married or in a civil partnership at any time during the period—\n(i) beginning with the day on which P first held an eligible fee-paid judicial office and\n(ii) ending with the day on which P retired; and\n(c) did not have a qualifying child at any time during that period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 53A inserted (1.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/403), regs. 1(1), 33"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/522/regulation/53A",
    "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."
}