# Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022, Section 70: Meaning of “a judicial scheme” etc

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) “A judicial scheme” means—
(a) a judicial 2015 scheme, or
(b) a judicial legacy scheme.
(2) “A judicial 2015 scheme” means—
(a) the Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), or
(b) the Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. (N.I.) 2015 No. 76).
(3) “A judicial legacy scheme” means—
(a) a judicial legacy salaried scheme, or
(b) the judicial legacy fee-paid scheme.
(4) “A judicial legacy salaried scheme” means—
(a) an existing scheme (within the meaning of PSPA 2013) mentioned in any of paragraphs 2 to 11, or paragraph 15, of Schedule 5 to that Act (judicial schemes), or
(b) an existing scheme (within the meaning of PSPA(NI) 2014) mentioned in paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to that Act (judicial schemes).
(5) “The judicial legacy fee-paid scheme” means the scheme constituted by Parts 1 to 11 of the Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/522).
(6) This section has effect for the purposes of this Chapter.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/7/section/70 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-and-judicial-offices-act-2022/section-70
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.