{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-31.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/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Periodical payment period",
  "text": "The periodical payment period—\n(a) begins with—\n(i) if the member exercises the option within 3 months after joining this scheme — the first appropriate pay period beginning on or after the date on which the scheme manager receives the option notice; or\n(ii) in any other case — the first appropriate pay period of the scheme year beginning on or after the date on which the scheme manager receives the option notice; and\n(b) ends on the earlier of—\n(i) the date on which the member ceases to be in pensionable service in the eligible employment to which the option relates; and\n(ii) the date on which the member reaches the effective pension age.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 31 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/31",
    "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."
}