SCHEDULEN.I.Miscellaneous amendments

Amendment of the Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015N.I.

2.  In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)after the opening words insert—

““2023 Regulations” means the Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023;”;

(b)for the definition of “active member” substitute—

““active member”, in relation to this scheme, means a person who is—

(i)

in pensionable service under this scheme; or

(ii)

deemed to have been an active member of this scheme by virtue of regulations 38A(2) or 38B(2) or paragraphs 23A(2) or 23B(2) of Schedule 1;”;

(c)for the definition of “amount of credited pension” substitute—

““amount of credited pension” means the sum of the pension credit calculated in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 5 (pension credits: mode of discharge) to WRP(NI)O 1999 and any remediable pension credit or remediable pension reduction, where—

(a)

“remediable pension credit”, in the circumstances mentioned in—

(i)

regulation 48 of the 2023 Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 49(5) of those Regulations;

(ii)

regulation 51 of the 2023 Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 52(3) of those Regulations;

(iii)

regulation 55 of the 2023 Regulations, has the meaning given in regulation 56(12) of those Regulations;

(b)

“remediable pension reduction” has the meaning given in regulation 56(12) of the 2023 Regulations;”;

(d)after the definition of “provisional amount” insert—

““PSPJOA 2022” means the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022;”;

(e)after the definition of “registered” insert—

““relevant fee-paid judge” has the meaning given in section 103 of PSPJOA 2022;”;

(f)after the definition of “relevant scheme” insert—

““relevant service” has the meaning given in regulation 29(2) of the 2023 Regulations;”.

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