http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/76/section/79The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabasePUBLIC SERVICE PENSIONS2026-06-08Expert Participation2024-05-24 Part 2 of these Regulations establishes a scheme for the payment of pensions and other benefits to members of the judiciary. The scheme so established is a career average revalued earnings scheme. The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 PART 6 CHAPTER 6791The sum of the following must not exceed the annual rate of retirement pension that would be payable to the member (P)—athe total amount of retirement pension allocated under this Part (“total allocation amount”); andbthe annual rate of surviving adult's pension that would be payable on P's death.2In determining whether the restriction in paragraph (1) is met, it is assumed that—aP will have become a pensioner member before P's death;bP will exercise the commutation option so as to exchange for a lump sum the maximum amount possible of the whole of P's accrued pensions;cP's spouse or civil partner status will not change before P dies;dall of P's beneficiaries will survive P; andeany beneficiary who would have been P's dependant for the purposes of paragraph 15(2) or (3) of Schedule 28 (registered pension schemes: authorised pensions - supplementary) to the 2004 Act will be such a dependant when P dies.3If at the time an allocation election is made it would result in the restriction in paragraph (1) not being met, the scheme manager may treat the election (or each of the elections) as allocating a smaller amount that would result in the restriction being met.Paragraph 15(3) of Schedule 28 was amended by S.I. 2005/3229.