(1)The appropriate Minister shall have no power to accept, for the benefit of a member of a judicial pension scheme constituted under or by virtue of this Act—
(a)a payment under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999,
(b) a payment under section 95 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 F2 , or
(c)any other payment,
to the extent that that payment directly or indirectly represents a pension credit.
(2)In this section “the appropriate Minister” means—
(a)in relation to any judicial office whose jurisdiction is exercised exclusively in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State; or
(b)subject to paragraph (a), the Lord Chancellor.]