Part 1: Public Service Pension Schemes Chapter 2: Judicial Schemes Section 46: Person by whom election is to be made
Section 46(1) provides that the election of scheme membership is ordinarily to be made by the judge. Where the judge is deceased, the adult survivor or (if there is none) personal representatives would make the election.
	Section 46(2) and 46(3) define adult survivor as a surviving spouse, civil partner or other adult entitled to a pension under the judicial scheme under which the deceased judge most recently accrued pensionable service.