{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-remediable-service-etc-regulations-2023/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-remediable-service-etc-regulations-2023/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/766",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-remediable-service-etc-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“PSPJOA 2022” means the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022;\n“the 2015 Regulations” means the Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015;\n“the 2015 scheme” means the scheme established by the 2015 Regulations;\n“FPJR 2017” means the Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017;\n“the PSP Directions 2022” means the Public Service Pensions (Exercise of Powers, Compensation and Information) Directions 2022;\n“appropriate Minister” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the 2015 Regulations;\n“appropriate person” means—\n(a)for the purposes of Part 4, R or, if R is deceased, R’s personal representatives;\n(b)for all other purposes, P or, if P is deceased, P’s personal representatives;\n“Judicial Pension Board” means the Judicial Pension Board established by regulation 6(1) of the 2015 Regulations;\n“purported added pension payment” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Regulations;\n“purported effective pension age payment” means a payment—\n(a)which was made by either—\n(i)a person “P” who has remediable service in a judicial office, or\n(ii)a relevant fee-paid judge who has relevant service in a judicial office,\n(b)which was intended to be an effective pension age payment under Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Regulations, and\n(c)which was not in fact an effective pension age payment under Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Regulations due to—\n(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,\n(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\n(iii)the payment being made in relation to a relevant fee-paid judge;\n“purported special payment” means a payment—\n(a)which was made by either—\n(i)a person “P” who has remediable service in a judicial office, or\n(ii)a relevant fee-paid judge who has relevant service in a judicial office,\n(b)which was intended to be a special payment under regulation 74(3)(a) or (c) of the 2015 Regulations, and\n(c)which was not in fact a special payment under regulation 74(3)(a) or (c) due to—\n(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,\n(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\n(iii)the payment being made in relation to a relevant fee-paid judge;\n“relevant service” has the meaning given in regulation 29(2);\n“scheme actuary” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the 2015 Regulations;\n“scheme manager” has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the 2015 Regulations;\n“transfer value payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the 2015 Regulations.\n(2) 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.\n(3) 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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (24.1.2024) by The Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/79), regs. 1(b), 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 5.7.2023, see reg. 1(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/182 as amended by S.I. 2017/508, S.I. 2021/36 and S.I. 2022/319."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2017/522 as amended by S.I. 2018/1413, S.I. 2018/1149, S.I. 2019/781, S.I. 2020/386, S.I. 2021/444 and S.I. 2023/403."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Published on 15 December 2022 and accessible online at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-service-pensions-and-judicial-offices-act-2022-treasury-directions. A hard copy is available on written request to His Majesty’s Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/766/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:02.238776+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."
}