PART 2Amendments relating to service before 7th April 2000

Amendment of regulation 56

In regulation 5—

a

in paragraph (1)(b) for “column 2 of the Schedule” substitute “column 2 of the appropriate table in Schedule 1”;

b

in paragraph (8), in Step 2, for the words from “with the next highest” to “lower appropriate annual salary” substitute “whose inclusion would result in a higher annual rate of pension per year of reckonable service taken into account before judicial offices whose inclusion would result in a lower annual rate of pension per year of reckonable service taken into account”;

c

for paragraph (12) substitute—

12

For the purposes of paragraphs (10)(b)(i) and (11)(b)(i)—

a

the aggregate length of P’s reckonable service in the eligible fee-paid judicial offices is to be determined in accordance with the formula in paragraph (1) as though paragraph (2) does not apply; and

b

for any office which is specified in Tables 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 in relation to which benefits are to be calculated under the pre-1995 provisions, the following reckonable service in that office is to be multiplied by 20 and divided by 15 to give the amount of P’s reckonable service in that office—

i

any reckonable service in relation to which benefits are to be calculated under the pre-1995 provisions,

ii

any reckonable service before the date P had a new appointment as that term is defined in regulation 11B(2), and

iii

any reckonable service before the date a notice under regulation 11C has effect.

d

in paragraph (13), for the words from “with a higher appropriate annual salary” to the end, substitute “which result in a higher annual rate of pension per year of reckonable service taken into account is to be taken into account before P’s reckonable service in judicial offices which result in a lower annual rate of pension per year of reckonable service taken into account”.