{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/section-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/section-61.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/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Partial retirement option notice",
  "text": "(1) A partial retirement option may only be exercised—\n(a) by notice to the scheme manager in a form required by the scheme manager (“option notice”); and\n(b) in the 3 months after P's pensionable earnings are reduced, on a date agreed by the member and the scheme manager.\n(2) An option notice must specify—\n(a) whether P claims payment of—\n(i) the whole of P's accrued pensions to which the office relates ; or\n(ii) part only of P's accrued pensions to which the office relates ; and\n(b) if P claims payment of part only—\n(i) the descriptions of accrued pension for which payment is claimed; and\n(ii) the proportion of each description of accrued pension for which payment is claimed (“option proportion”), which must comply with regulation 62, and\n(c) if P holds more than one office, the office or offices in respect of which P is exercising the partial retirement option.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 61(2)(a)(i) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/73), regs. 1(2), 3(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 61(2)(a)(ii) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/73), regs. 1(2), 3(8)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 61(2)(c) and word inserted (1.4.2022) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/73), regs. 1(2), 3(8)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/76/section/61",
    "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."
}