Part 1: Public Service Pension Schemes Chapter 4: General Section 107: Parliamentary procedure for judicial schemes: transitory provision
Section 107 provides that scheme regulations for the judiciary made within one month of the passing of this Act are subject to the made-affirmative procedure. Section 107(3) states that such regulations will cease to have effect 28 days after being made unless they are approved by each House of Parliament. The 28-day period does not include days in which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued or where either House is adjourned for more than four days (section 107(4)). Scheme regulations for the judiciary are generally subject to the draft affirmative procedure as provided for in section 24 of the PSPA 2013. This change in procedure for a short period after the passing of this Act is to ensure that there is no gap in pension provision for the judiciary when all current pension schemes for the judiciary close to future accrual after 31 March 2022.
	Section 107(6) provides that regulations otherwise subject to the negative procedure may be combined with scheme regulations made under this section, with the combined instrument being subject to the made-affirmative procedure. This enables a single instrument to establish the reformed judicial pension scheme and to add devolved office holders to the definition of judiciary.