Administration of Justice Act 1964

23 Superannuation of chairmen of quarter sessions

(1) Section 22 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 1950 shall apply to the whole-time chairman and deputy chairmen of the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area as they apply to the chairman and deputy chairmen of the existing court of quarter sessions for the county of London, but shall have effect subject to the following provisions:—

(a) service as a salaried chairman or deputy chairman of the court of quarter sessions for the county of London or of Middlesex shall be treated for the purpose of determining whether any pension or other benefits are payable under or by virtue of the said section 22 in respect of service as chairman or deputy chairman of the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area, and of computing the amount of those benefits, as service in the latter capacity ;

(b) a chairman or deputy chairman of the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area who vacates his office at the end of the year of service in the course of which he attains the age of seventy-two years shall be treated for the purpose of the said section 22 as retiring after the end of that year ;

(c) in section 22(7) for the references to the London County Council there shall be substituted references to the Greater London Council.

(2) Schedule 2 to this Act shall apply to a whole-time chairman or deputy chairman of the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area who, immediately before his appointment to the office of chairman or deputy chairman of that court or the court of quarter sessions for another such area, was a stipendiary magistrate.

(3) A pension shall not be paid to any person in respect of his service as a stipendiary magistrate while serving as chairman or deputy chairman of the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area; and not more than one pension shall be paid to the same person in respect of his service as chairman or deputy chairman of the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area and in respect of his service as a stipendiary magistrate.

(4) Subsection (3) of this section applies to any derivative benefit within the meaning of the Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 1950 which depends upon eligibility for a pension as it applies to the pension.

(5) Any pension payable under section 395 of the Middlesex County Council Act 1944 to or in respect of a person who has been chairman or deputy chairman of Middlesex quarter sessions shall be paid by the Greater London Council.