Part 5

Judicial pensions

Contributions towards cost of judicial pensions etc
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After section 9 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 insert—

Contributions

Contributions towards cost of judicial pension etc
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The appropriate Minister may, by regulations made with the concurrence of the Treasury, make provision for and in connection with requiring contributions to be made towards the cost of the liability for relevant benefits.
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The prescribed contributions are to be—
a
made by the person to or in respect of whom the relevant benefits are to be, or may be, provided;
b
made for the person's period of service in qualifying judicial office;
c
in the form of deductions from the salary payable for that service.
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But no contribution is to be made by a person—
a
for any period of service during which an election under section 13 is in force in respect of the person;
b
for any period of service after the person has completed, in the aggregate, 20 years' service in qualifying judicial office;
c
for any other prescribed period of service;
d
in any prescribed circumstances.
4
For the purposes of subsection (3)(b), it does not matter whether the person's service in qualifying judicial office was service before or after the commencement of section 34(1) of the Pensions Act 2011 (but no contribution is to be made for a person's service before that commencement).
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In this section—
- “prescribed” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations;
- “relevant benefits” means—
  1. a pension under section 2;
  2. a lump sum under section 4;
  3. payments by way of pension or lump sum under section 19, so far as relating to a pension or lump sum within paragraph (a) or (b).
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Schedule 5 (which makes provision for contributions towards the cost of certain other judicial pensions etc) has effect.
S. 34 in force at 3.1.2012 by S.I. 2011/3034, art. 3(g)