{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-9A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-9A.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/9A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9A",
  "heading": "Members with previous service in a fee-paid office",
  "text": "A person (P) is a full protection member of an existing scheme if—\n(a) P was serving in a fee-paid office on 31st March 2012;\n(b) P was aged 55 years or over on 1st April 2012;\n(c) the appropriate Minister has notified P that P is eligible to a pension in respect of their service in that fee-paid office;\n(d) P either—\n(i) was an active member of an existing scheme on the scheme closing date, or\n(ii) begins service, which would have been pensionable under an existing scheme, after scheme closing date, and\n(e) P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under that scheme on or before 1st April 2022.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 9A and cross-heading inserted (5.4.2023) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/63), regs. 1(3), 16(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/76/schedule/2/paragraph/9A",
    "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."
}