{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2022/regulation-117",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2022/regulation-117.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/319",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/117",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "117",
  "heading": "Appointment of scheme actuary and actuarial valuations",
  "text": "(1) The Lord Chancellor must appoint an individual (the “scheme actuary”) to provide a consulting service on actuarial matters in relation to this scheme and any connected scheme.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the scheme actuary is responsible for—\n(a) carrying out valuations of this scheme and any connected scheme; and\n(b) preparing reports on the valuations.\n(3) The scheme actuary is not required to value a connected scheme which is a specified restricted scheme for the purposes of section 12A(3) (sections 11 and 12: restricted schemes) of the Act.\n(4) Before appointing an individual as scheme actuary the Lord Chancellor must be satisfied that the actuary is appropriately qualified to carry out valuations of this scheme and any connected scheme in accordance with Treasury directions under section 11 (valuations) of the Act (the “Treasury directions”).\n(5) The scheme manager is responsible for providing the scheme actuary with any data that the scheme actuary requires in order to carry out a valuation and prepare a report on the valuation.\n(6) A valuation of the scheme and any connected scheme and the preparation of a report on the valuation must be carried out in accordance with the Treasury directions.\n(7) Valuations of the scheme must be carried out within a time-frame which enables requirements in the Treasury directions regarding dates which are applicable to the valuation to be met.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 117 in force at 1.4.2022, see reg. 1(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/319/regulation/117",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:02:21.380450+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."
}