PART 6 N.I.Retirement benefits

CHAPTER 1N.I.General

Qualifying serviceN.I.

55.—(1) In these Regulations, “qualifying service” means the total of—

(a)any continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme;

(b)if a transfer value payment has been received by this scheme in respect of a member's accrued rights under another occupational pension scheme, the member's pensionable service under that scheme; and

(c)for a transition member with continuity of service, the member's pensionable service under [F1a relevant] scheme before the transition date for that member.

(2) None of the following counts as qualifying service—

(a)any pensionable service under this scheme in respect of which a person's rights under this scheme are extinguished;

(b)any pensionable service under [F1a relevant] scheme in respect of which a person's rights under that scheme are extinguished;

(c)any unauthorised absence from qualifying judicial office.

[F2(3) In this regulation a reference to “pensionable service” in relation to the Fee-Paid Judges Scheme is a reference to qualifying judicial service.]

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