# The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2022, Paragraph 6: Annual rate of eligible child’s pension payable under this scheme when a transition member dies in service

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a transition member with continuity of service—
(a) who dies as an active member of this scheme; and
(b) whose period of service is at least 12 months.
(2) The annual rate of child’s pension payable is, subject to sub-paragraph (3), the sum of—
(a) the annual rate of child’s earned pension calculated under regulation 89 (annual rate of eligible child’s pension); and
(b) the annual rate of child’s pension payable under the pre-2022 scheme.
(3) Where a child’s pension is payable, the payment of any enhancement in respect of the member’s assumed period of pensionable service is not payable under a pre-2022 scheme.
(4) In this paragraph—
“the member’s assumed period of pensionable service” means the period—
(a) beginning with the day after the date of the member’s death; and
(b) ending with—
(i) for a member appointed for a fixed term, the day on which that term would have ended; and
(ii) for all other appointments, the day before the day on which the member would have reached prospective normal pension age if the member had lived until that age; and
“period of service” means—
(a) the member’s continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme; and
(b) the member’s pensionable service under a pre-2022 scheme before the closing date.
(5) In this regulation a reference to “pensionable service” in relation to the Fee-Paid Judges Scheme is a reference to qualifying judicial service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/319/schedule/1/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-6
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