
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st December 2000.
2 
The following shall be inserted after section 29A of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981—“
29B 

(1) The appropriate Minister shall have no power to accept, for the benefit of a member of a judicial pension scheme constituted under or by virtue of this Act—
(a) a payment under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999,
(b) a payment under section 95 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, or
(c) any other payment,
to the extent that that payment directly or indirectly represents a pension credit.
(2) In this section “the appropriate Minister” means—
(a) in relation to any judicial office whose jurisdiction is exercised exclusively in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State; or
(b) subject to paragraph (a), the Lord Chancellor.”.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 1st November 2000John Reid
Secretary of State for Scotland
Dated 2nd November 2000