The Judicial Pensions (Specification of Alternative Scheme) Regulations 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/2984
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Specification of Alternative Scheme) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st December 2000.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations:—

“the 1993 Act ” means the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 ;

“the 1999 Act ” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;

“judicial pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 30(1) of the 1993 Act.

Section 3 Specification of alternative to certain judicial pension schemes

(1) This regulation applies to every judicial pension scheme other than a scheme constituted by or under the 1993 Act.

(2) Where a scheme to which this regulation applies is closed to new members, the scheme constituted by Part I of the 1993 Act is specified as an alternative to it for the purposes of paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act.