{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/76",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Meaning of “continuity of service”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, a transition member (T) has continuity of service between pensionable service in a relevant scheme and pensionable service in this scheme (“continuity of service”) unless T has a gap in service exceeding 5 years which—\n(a) begins on or before the transition date; and\n(b) ends on the day on which T becomes an active member of this scheme.\n(2) In this paragraph a reference to “pensionable service” in relation to the Fee-Paid Judges Scheme is a reference to qualifying judicial service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 renumbered as Sch. 2 para. 2(1) (2.5.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/63), regs. 1(2), 16(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(1) substituted (2.5.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/63), regs. 1(2), 16(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2(2) inserted (2.5.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/63), regs. 1(2), 16(3)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/76/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:33.835756+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."
}