These Regulations are the second Commencement Regulations made under the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (“the Act”) and they bring into force Chapter 2 and sections 109 and 110 of the Act.

Regulation 2(a) brings into force Chapter 2, to the extent that it is not already in force. Chapter 2 makes retrospective provision to rectify unlawful discrimination in the way in which existing judicial pension schemes were restricted under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013.

Regulation 2(b) brings into force section 109, to the extent that it is not already in force and to the extent that it applies for the purposes of Chapter 2 of the Act.

Regulation 2(c) brings into force sections 110, to the extent that it is not already in force and to the extent that it applies for the purposes of Chapter 2 of the Act.