Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “PSPJOA 2022” means the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022;

• “the 2015 Regulations” means the Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015^f1;

• “the 2015 scheme” means the scheme established by the 2015 Regulations;

• “FPJR 2017” means the Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017^f2;

• “the PSP Directions 2022” means the Public Service Pensions (Exercise of Powers, Compensation and Information) Directions 2022^f3;

• “appropriate Minister” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the 2015 Regulations;

• “appropriate person” means—

  1. (a)

     for the purposes of Part 4, R or, if R is deceased, R’s personal representatives;

  2. (b)

     for all other purposes, P or, if P is deceased, P’s personal representatives;

• “Judicial Pension Board” means the Judicial Pension Board established by regulation 6(1) of the 2015 Regulations;

• F1“purported added pension payment” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Regulations;

• “purported effective pension age payment” means a payment—

  1. (a)

     which was made by either—

     1. (i)

        a person “P” who has remediable service in a judicial office, or

     2. (ii)

        a relevant fee-paid judge who has relevant service in a judicial office,

  2. (b)

     which was intended to be an effective pension age payment under Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Regulations, and

  3. (c)

     which was not in fact an effective pension age payment under Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Regulations due to—

     1. (i)

        a determination by a court or tribunal that, as a result of a non-discrimination rule, any person has rights under a judicial legacy scheme in respect of P’s remediable service,

     2. (ii)

        an agreement between the scheme manager of a judicial legacy scheme and any person that, as a result of a non-discrimination rule, the person has any rights under the scheme in respect of P’s remediable service, or

     3. (iii)

        the payment being made in relation to a relevant fee-paid judge;

• “purported special payment” means a payment—

  1. (a)

     which was made by either—

     1. (i)

        a person “P” who has remediable service in a judicial office, or

     2. (ii)

        a relevant fee-paid judge who has relevant service in a judicial office,

  2. (b)

     which was intended to be a special payment under regulation 74(3)(a) or (c) of the 2015 Regulations, and

  3. (c)

     which was not in fact a special payment under regulation 74(3)(a) or (c) due to—

     1. (i)

        a determination by a court or tribunal that, as a result of a non-discrimination rule, any person has rights under a judicial legacy scheme in respect of P’s remediable service,

     2. (ii)

        an agreement between the scheme manager of a judicial legacy scheme and any person that, as a result of a non-discrimination rule, the person has any rights under the scheme in respect of P’s remediable service, or

     3. (iii)

        the payment being made in relation to a relevant fee-paid judge;

• “relevant service” has the meaning given in regulation 29(2);

• “scheme actuary” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the 2015 Regulations;

• “scheme manager” has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the 2015 Regulations;

• “transfer value payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the 2015 Regulations.

Except as provided for in these Regulations, expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 1 of PSPJOA 2022.

A reference in these Regulations to a provision of the PSP Directions 2022 is a reference to that provision as amended from time to time.