The Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Insertion of new regulation 58A

40.  After regulation 58 insert—

“Payment of initial pre-commencement contributions

58A.— (1) Contributions payable under regulations 53A, 54A or 55A may be paid—

(a) by way of a lump sum at any time during the period of 6 months beginning with 1st April 2023;

(b) by way of such deductions from fees paid to P in respect of fee-paid days as may be specified in an agreement between P and the appropriate Minister.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), a “fee-paid day” means a day in respect of which P receives a fee in P’s capacity as a holder of an eligible fee-paid judicial office.

(3) The deductions specified under paragraph (1)(b)—

(a) must be of fixed monetary amounts; and

(b) must be the same for each fee.

(4) A new agreement under paragraph (1)(b) may be entered into at any time after the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the previous agreement was entered into.

(5) Regulation 65 applies as if the references to pre-commencement dependants’ contributions included any contributions paid under regulations 54A and 55A.

(6) Except to the extent that contributions payable under regulations 53A, 54A or 55A have already been paid under paragraph (1), they are to be paid by way of deduction from—

(a) any lump sum payable to P under regulation 11N or Part 3; or

(b) where P dies before retiring, any lump sum payable for death in service in respect of P under regulations 11X or 45, or under regulation 102 of the Judicial Pensions Regulations 2022(1).”

(1)

S.I. 2022/319.