Regulation 2 Title and commencement

In these Regulations—

• “former scheme” means any relevant scheme of the member (except a voluntary contributions scheme) prior to his transfer to the Part I scheme other than the last existing scheme;

• “last existing scheme” means:

  1. (a)

     the relevant scheme of the member immediately prior to his transfer to the Part I scheme;

  2. (b)

     where a member was a member of a relevant scheme prior to appointment as Lord Chancellor and is subsequently re-appointed to qualifying judicial office, the relevant scheme at the date he last held qualifying judicial office; or

  3. (c)

     where Part I of the 1993 Act applies to a member by virtue of section 1(c) of that Act, the relevant scheme of the member at the date he last held qualifying judicial office;

• “member” means a member of a relevant scheme to whom section 12 of the 1993 Act applies;

• “Part I scheme” means the scheme constituted under Part I of the 1993 Act;

• “relevant scheme” means any judicial pension scheme constituted otherwise than by or under the 1993 Act;

• “the 1993 Act” means the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993;

• “voluntary contributions scheme” means a judicial pension scheme providing for the purchase of benefits additional to those provided by or under the Part I scheme or a relevant scheme by means of additional voluntary contributions;

• “15 year scheme”, “20 year scheme”, “30 year scheme” and “40 year scheme” means a scheme in respect of which service in qualifying judicial office for 15, 20, 30 or 40 years, as the case may be, is a condition of eligibility for an annual pension at the rate of one half of the last annual salary payable in respect of that office.