{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/26",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Judicial pensions: pension sharing",
  "text": "(1) Article 40 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)) (power to extend judicial pension schemes in connection with pension credits) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (g) insert—\n“(h) the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20); and\n(i) the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8).”\n(3) In paragraph (3)(a)—\n(a) for “(2)(d) and (e)” substitute “ (2)(d) or (e) ”, and\n(b) for “(2)(a) to (c), (f) and (g),” substitute “ (2)(a), (b), (c), (f), (g), (h) or (i) ”.\n(4) In paragraph (4)(a), for “(2)(a) to (c), (f) and (g)” substitute “ (2)(a), (b), (c), (f), (g), (h) or (i) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:23.998184+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."
}