{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/182",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“added pension option” means the option to make added pension payments;\n“amount of accrued added pension” means the total of—\n(a)the amount of accrued added (self only) pension (if any); and\n(b)the amount of accrued added (all beneficiaries) pension (if any);\n“amount of extra pension” has the meaning given in paragraph 2;\n“appropriate pay period” means the pay period that the scheme manager considers appropriate;\n“overall limit of extra pension” has the meaning given in paragraph 3;\n“periodical payment period” means the period for which periodical payments for added pension or an effective pension age are payable;\n“period of service”, in relation to this scheme, means a continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme;\n“purported added pension payment” means a payment—\n(a)which was made by either—\n(i)a person “P” who has remediable service in a judicial office; or\n(ii)a relevant fee-paid judge who has relevant service in a judicial office;\n(b)which was intended to be an added pension payment under this Part; and\n(c)which was not an added pension payment under this Part due to—\n(i)a determination by a court or tribunal that, as a result of a non-discrimination rule, any person has rights under a judicial legacy scheme in respect of P’s remediable service;\n(ii)an agreement between the scheme manager of a judicial legacy scheme and any person that, as a result of a non-discrimination rule, the person has any rights under the scheme in respect of P’s remediable service; or\n(iii)the payment being made in relation to a relevant fee-paid judge;\n“the relevant day”, in relation to a lump sum payment for added pension, means—\n(a)if the scheme manager provides a statement of the amount of added pension, the first day after the period of one month beginning with the date of the statement; or\n(b)otherwise, the day on which the lump sum payment is received by the scheme manager;\n“the relevant scheme year” means the scheme year in which the relevant day falls;\n“statement of the amount of added pension” means the statement referred to in paragraph 17;\n“third party” means a third party approved by the scheme manager to make payments for extra pension in respect of an active member of this scheme; and\n“value”, in relation to an effective pension age option, means a value determined by the scheme manager under paragraph 29 of this Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 inserted (24.1.2024) by The Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/79), regs. 1(b), 2(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 10.2.2015, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/182/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}