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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-requisite-surviving-spouses-benefits-etc-order-1997/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2667",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions (Requisite Surviving Spouses' Benefits etc) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-requisite-surviving-spouses-benefits-etc-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“judicial pension scheme” means a public service pension scheme under which pensions and other benefits are payable in respect of service in one or more qualifying judicial offices (whether or not in respect of service in such offices alone);\n“qualifying judicial office” means a judicial office listed in Schedule 1 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 whose jurisdiction is exercised in England and Wales or Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 8."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2667/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:43:20.506561+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."
}