The Judicial Pensions (Requisite Benefits) Order 1988

Interpretation

2.  In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Social Security Pensions Act 1975(1);

“the Act of 1973” means the Social Security Act 1973;

“final salary” has the meaning given by article 11;

“normal pension age”, in relation to a member of an occupational pension scheme, means the earliest age at which that member can become entitled to receive a pension under the scheme, apart from any special provision as to early retirement on grounds of ill-health or otherwise;

“office-holder” means a person who is or has been the holder of any scheduled office;

“pensionable age” means the age of 65 for a man and 60 for a woman;

“relevant enactment” means an enactment by virtue of which an office-holder might be granted a pension in respect of any relevant service and, in the case of a person who has held more than one office, includes any enactment relating to the payment of superannuation benefits to or in respect of such a person;

“relevant service” has the meaning given by article 5(2) and (3);

“scheduled office” means an office listed in Schedule 2;

“scheme” means, in relation to any office-holder, the public service pension scheme established by a relevant enactment;other expressions used in the Act or in the Social Security Act 1975(2) have the same meanings in this Order as in the Act in question. PART II GENERAL

(1)

1975 c. 60.

(2)

1975 c. 14.