{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-46.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/182",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/46",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Closure of deferred member’s account after gap in pensionable service not exceeding 5 years",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies when a deferred member of this scheme in relation to a continuous period of pensionable service re-enters pensionable service under this scheme after a gap in pensionable service not exceeding 5 years.\n(2) The scheme manager must—\n(a) close the deferred member’s account in relation to that period of service and treat the deferred member’s account as if it were never established;\n(b) re-establish the active member’s account under Chapter 5 in relation to that period of service; and\n(c) make entries in the active member’s account as if, during the gap in pensionable service, the member—\n(i) was in pensionable service under this scheme; but\n(ii) received no pensionable earnings.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 46 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/182/regulation/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:48:23.803047+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."
}