The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 No. 76

PART 6 N.I. Retirement benefits

CHAPTER 3 N.I. Partial retirement benefits

Partial retirement option notice N.I.

61.—(1) A partial retirement option may only be exercised—

(a) by notice to the scheme manager in a form required by the scheme manager (“option notice”); and

(b) in the 3 months after P's pensionable earnings are reduced, on a date agreed by the member and the scheme manager.

(2) An option notice must specify—

(a) whether P claims payment of—

(i) the whole of P's accrued pensions [F1 to which the office relates] ; or

(ii) part only of P's accrued pensions [F2 to which the office relates] ; and

(b) if P claims payment of part only—

(i) the descriptions of accrued pension for which payment is claimed; and

(ii) the proportion of each description of accrued pension for which payment is claimed (“option proportion”), which must comply with regulation 62[F3 , and

(c) if P holds more than one office, the office or offices in respect of which P is exercising the partial retirement option.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 61(2)(a)(i) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/73), regs. 1(2), 3(8)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 61(2)(a)(ii) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/73), regs. 1(2), 3(8)(b)

F3 Reg. 61(2)(c) and word inserted (1.4.2022) by The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/73), regs. 1(2), 3(8)(c)