{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-remediable-service-etc-regulations-2023/regulation-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-remediable-service-etc-regulations-2023/regulation-38.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/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Pension contributions",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) the paid contributions amount for an in-scope tax year in respect of R’s relevant service in a judicial office, exceeds\n(b) the payable contributions amount for that tax year in respect of that service,\nthe scheme manager must (directly or indirectly) pay an amount in respect of the difference to the appropriate person.\n(2) Where—\n(a) the paid contributions amount for an out-of-scope tax year in respect of R’s relevant service in a judicial office, exceeds\n(b) the payable contributions amount for that tax year in respect of that service,\nno amount is to be paid by the scheme manager in respect of the difference to the appropriate person.\n(3) Where—\n(a) the paid contributions amount for an in-scope or out-of-scope tax year in respect of R’s relevant service in a judicial office, is less than\n(b) the payable contributions amount for that tax year in respect of that service,\nthe appropriate person must pay pension contributions to the scheme in respect of the difference.\n(4) A reference in this regulation to “the paid contributions amount” for a tax year in respect of R’s relevant service in a judicial office is a reference to the sum of—\n(a) the aggregate of the pension contributions that (after taking into account the effect, if any, of regulation 36(2) and (4)), have been paid under the scheme by R in the tax year in respect of so much of the service as was not PPA opted-out service, and\n(b) where any of the relevant service was PPA opted-out service—\n(i) the aggregate of the pension contributions and any voluntary contributions that (after taking into account the effect, if any, of regulation 36(2) and (4)) have been paid by R under the partnership pension account in the tax year in respect of the PPA opted-out service, or\n(ii) if lower, the aggregate of the pension contributions that were payable under the scheme by R for that tax year in respect of the PPA opted-out service.\n(5) A reference in this regulation to “the payable contributions amount” for a tax year in respect of R’s relevant service in a judicial office means the aggregate of the pension contributions that were payable under the relevant judicial legacy scheme by R for that tax year in respect of the service.\n(6) For the purposes of this regulation—\n(a) a tax year is “in-scope” in relation to R if any necessary adjustment to the amount of income tax paid by R in respect of PAYE income for the tax year is capable of being enforced by HMRC under PAYE regulations;\n(b) a tax year is “out-of-scope” in relation to R if it is not in-scope in relation to R.\n(7) A reference in this regulation to pension contributions or voluntary contributions paid by a person under a partnership pension account is a reference to the amount of the contributions paid, net of any tax relief under section 188 of FA 2004 (relief for contributions) to which the person was entitled in respect of them.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 38 in force at 5.7.2023, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/766/regulation/38",
    "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."
}