http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/20/section/8/enactedJudicial Pensions Act 1981PensionsJudiciaryPersonal pensionsBenefitsKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2019-02-27 PART ICHAPTER II 8 1 Section 9 below shall apply to a person holding the office of Judge Advocate General if within 3 months after appointment to that office he gives notice in writing to the Minister that he elects that section 9 shall apply to him. 2 In the case of a person who holds the office of Judge Advocate General, but to whom section 9 below does not apply, the principal civil service pension scheme shall have effect as if service in that office were employment in the civil service of the State.