{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/section-46.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": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Closure of deferred member's account after gap in pensionable service not exceeding 5 years",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies when a deferred member of this scheme in relation to a continuous period of pensionable service re-enters pensionable service under this scheme after a gap in pensionable service not exceeding 5 years.\n(2) The scheme manager must—\n(a) close the deferred member's account in relation to that period of service and treat the deferred member's account as if it were never established;\n(b) re-establish the active member's account under Chapter 5 in relation to that period of service; and\n(c) make entries in the active member's account as if, during the gap in pensionable service, the member—\n(i) was in pensionable service under this scheme; but\n(ii) received no pensionable earnings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/76/section/46",
    "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."
}