
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Specification of Alternative Scheme) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st December 2000.
2 
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.
3 

(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.
Irvine of Lairg,  C.
Dated 1st November 2000John Reid
Secretary of State for Scotland
Dated 2nd November 2000