Part 1: Public Service Pension Schemes Chapter 2: Judicial Schemes Section 45: 2015 scheme elections: effect
Section 45(1) and 45(2) provide that, where a person makes a 2015 scheme election, any remediable service in the legacy scheme (whether salaried or fee-paid) will be treated as pensionable service under the relevant 2015 scheme and as having never been under the judicial legacy scheme.
	Section 45(3) defines "relevant 2015 scheme". Reformed (post 2015 reform) pensions for devolved Northern Irish judges are provided for by Northern Irish legislation (unlike the legacy schemes where pension for these judges was provided by UK legislation), hence the need for section 45(3)(b).
	Section 45(4) explains that the effect of making a 2015 scheme election is that individuals’ pensionable service will be treated as if it had always been in the 2015 scheme for the purposes of determining pension benefits and pension contributions and (unless provided for otherwise) for all other purposes.