{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1949-compensation-regulations-1978/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1949-compensation-regulations-1978/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1682",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (Compensation) Regulations 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1949-compensation-regulations-1978",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Compensation payable to non-pensionable officer on reaching normal retiring age",
  "text": "(1) Where a person who is not a pensionable officer is receiving long-term compensation for loss of office and attains normal retiring age, the determining authority shall, if satisfied that the person would, but for the loss, have continued in the office he has lost for a substantial period beyond that age, determine that compensation shall continue to be paid to him for the remainder of his life at half its former rate.\n(2) Where a person who is not a pensionable officer suffers loss of office on or after attaining normal retiring age, the determining authority may, if satisfied that the person would in the normal course have continued in the office he has lost for a further substantial period, determine that compensation shall be paid to him for the remainder of his life at half the rate to which he would have been entitled under Regulation 13 had he not attained normal retiring age at the date on which he lost his office.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1682/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:26:25.490229+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."
}