# The Judicial Pensions (Transfer Between Judicial Pension Schemes) Regulations 1995, 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:
(a) the relevant scheme of the member immediately prior to his transfer to the Part I scheme;
(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
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/636/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-transfer-between-judicial-pension-schemes-regulations-1995/regulation-2
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