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Employer1
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What it requires
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s.108
Employers’ contributions
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Pay employer contributions and administrative charges to the Judicial Pensions SchemeCrown / Minister / Government department
s.132
Information to be provided by employers
Regulated
- Provide scheme manager with requested information by specified dateEmployer
136 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Establishment and scope
s.004
Scheme manager
s.005
Delegation
s.006
Payment of fees and expenses
s.007
Qualifying judicial office
s.007
Qualifying judicial offices with retrospective entitlements
s.008
Eligible persons
s.009
Service in two or more qualifying judicial offices
s.010
Application of Chapter
s.011
Enrolment
s.012
Opting out of this scheme
s.013
Opting out before the end of one month
s.014
Opting out after one month
s.015
Opting into this scheme
s.016
Pensionable earnings
s.017
Meaning of “assumed pay”: salaried office holders
s.018
Meaning of “assumed pay”: fee-paid office holders
s.019
Meaning of “deferred member”
s.020
Refund of all member contributions made by the member
s.021
Calculation of “retirement index adjustment”
s.022
Determination of “the age addition”
s.023
Determination of “the assumed age addition”
s.024
Calculation of amount of accrued standard earned pension for purpose of deferment or full retirement
s.025
Calculation of amount of accrued standard earned pension for purpose of partial retirement
s.026
Establishment of pension accounts: general
s.027
Closure and adjustment of pension accounts on transfer out
s.028
Application of Chapter
s.029
Establishment of active member’s account
s.030
Amount of pension for a scheme year
s.031
Opening balance
s.032
Closure of active member’s account
s.033
Application of Chapter
s.034
Establishment of deferred member’s account
s.035
Provisional amount of deferred pension
s.036
Adjustment of provisional amount
s.037
Closure of deferred member’s account after gap in pensionable service not exceeding 5 years
s.038
Establishment of full retirement account
s.039
Amount of full retirement pension
s.040
Establishment of partial retirement account
s.041
Amount of partial retirement pension
s.042
Establishment of pension credit member’s account
s.043
Other pension accounts
s.044
Application of Part
s.045
Qualifying service
s.046
Entitlement to full retirement pension
s.047
Annual rate of full retirement pension (active members)
s.048
Annual rate of full retirement pension (deferred members)
s.049
Exercise of partial retirement option
s.050
Partial retirement option notice
s.051
Entitlement to partial retirement pension or full retirement pension
s.052
Annual rate of partial retirement pension
s.053
Annual rate of full retirement pension when taking partial retirement
s.054
Meaning of “permanent breakdown in health”
s.055
Meaning of “incapacity for employment”
s.056
Entitlement to ill-health pension
s.057
Annual rate of ill-health pension
s.058
Options under this Chapter
s.059
Exercising an option under this Chapter
s.060
Option to commute part of pension
s.061
Option to commute whole of member’s accrued pensions (serious ill-health)
s.062
Commutation supplement
s.063
Allocation election
s.064
Restriction on total amount of pension that may be allocated
s.065
Making an allocation election
s.066
Effect of allocation election
s.067
Adjustment of allocated benefit (members who have reached the age of 75)
s.068
Entitlement to pension credit member’s pension
s.069
Claim for early payment
s.070
Pension credit member’s rights
s.071
Annual rate of pension credit member’s pension
s.072
Option for pension credit member to commute part of pension
s.073
Option for pension credit member to commute whole pension (serious ill-health)
s.074
Commutation supplement
s.075
Reduction in pension debit member’s benefits
s.076
Surviving adults
s.077
Meaning of “surviving cohabiting partner”
s.078
Meaning of “surviving adult’s pension”
s.079
Meaning of dependant’s earned pension
s.080
Meaning of dependant’s ill-health pension
s.081
Entitlement to surviving adult’s pension
s.082
Annual rate of surviving adult’s pensions payable on death of pensioner member
s.083
Annual rate of surviving adult’s pensions payable on death of deferred member
s.084
Annual rate of surviving adult’s pensions payable on death of active member (death in service)
s.085
Reduction in pensions in cases of wide age disparity
s.086
Meaning of “eligible child’s pension”
s.087
Meaning of “eligible child”
s.088
Eligibility for eligible child’s pension
s.089
Annual rate of eligible child’s pension
s.090
Payment of pensions under this Part
s.091
Stopping payment and recovery of pensions paid under this Part
s.092
Provisional awards of eligible child’s pensions: later adjustment
s.093
Payment of lump sum death benefit
s.094
Supplement: lump sum death benefit
s.095
Nominations for lump sum death benefits
s.096
Invalid nominations of individuals
s.097
Payment of lump sum death benefit to nominees or personal representatives
s.098
Members affected by court orders to former spouses and civil partners on death
s.099
Recovery of payments
s.100
Meaning of “final pay”
s.101
Meaning of “annualised final pay”
s.102
Amount payable on death of active member (death in service)
s.103
Amount payable on death of deferred member or pensioner member (death out of service)
s.104
Amount payable on death of pension credit member
s.105
Rate of member contributions
s.106
Amount of pensionable earnings: assumed pay
s.107
Payment of member contributions
s.109
Application of Part
s.110
Interpretation of Part
s.111
Transfer value payments made to other schemes or pension arrangements
s.112
Application for a statement of entitlement
s.113
Statement of entitlement
s.114
Request for transfer value payment to be made
s.115
Calculating the amount of a transfer value
s.116
Effect of transfers-out
s.117
Appointment of scheme actuary and actuarial valuations
s.117
Employer Cost Cap
s.118
Meaning of “dual capacity member”
s.119
Payment of benefits to or in respect of a dual capacity member
s.120
Late payment of retirement index adjustment
s.121
Commutation of small pensions
s.122
Commutation supplement: small pensions
s.123
Forfeiture: offences committed by members
s.124
Forfeiture: offences committed by a member’s beneficiary
s.125
Forfeiture: relevant monetary obligations and relevant monetary losses
s.126
Set-off
s.127
Calculation of periods of membership and service
s.128
Determination of questions
s.129
Evidence of entitlement
s.130
Provision of benefit information statements to members
s.131
Amendment to the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) Order 2015
s.133
Financial provision
s.134
Transitional provisions
s.135
Sitting in retirement offices
s.136
Modifying provisions and amendments
Schedules
Schedules
0 of 19 shown19 other schedules
s.sch001
Interpretation
s.sch001
Repayment of contributions under pre-2022 scheme
s.sch001
Qualifying for retirement benefits under the pre-2022 scheme
s.sch001
Nomination under the pre-2022 scheme continues to have effect
s.sch001
Pre-commencement contributions
s.sch001
Deferred members of the 2015 scheme
s.sch001
Meaning of “continuity of service”
s.sch001
Commencement of active membership of this scheme
s.sch001
Transition member who has not reached normal pension age under a pre-2022 scheme
s.sch001
Annual rate of surviving adults’ pensions payable under this scheme when a transition member dies in service
s.sch001
Annual rate of eligible child’s pension payable under this scheme when a transition member dies in service
s.sch001
Death in service lump sum
s.sch001
Death out of service lump sum
s.sch001
Pensionable service under pre-2022 scheme
s.sch003
Application of this Part
s.sch003
Preservation of benefit
s.sch003
Revaluation of preserved benefit
s.sch003
Amendments to the Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015
s.sch003
Amendments to the Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 2017
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