{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-3.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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Meaning of “tapered protection closing date”",
  "text": "(1) The tapered protection closing date for a tapered protection member of a relevant scheme is—\n(a) if the member exercises the option ..., the scheme closing date; or\n(b) if the member does not exercise the option, a date between 31st May 2015 and 31st January 2022 (both dates inclusive) determined by the scheme manager by reference to a table published for that purpose.\n(2) A tapered protection closing date determined under sub-paragraph (1)(b) must fall on the last day of a month.\n(3) In this paragraph “the option” means—\n(a) in relation to an existing scheme, the option under Part 4 of this Schedule;\n(b) in relation to the Fee-Paid Judges Scheme, the option under regulation 14(6)(d).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1) substituted (2.5.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/63), regs. 1(2), 16(4)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1) omitted (2.5.2023) by virtue of The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/63), regs. 1(2), 16(4)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3(3) inserted (2.5.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/63), regs. 1(2), 16(4)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/76/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}