Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I New Arrangements for Judicial Pensions

   1. Application of Part I

      1. 1. Persons to whom this Part applies.

   2. Pensions for judicial officers

      1. 2. The judicial officer’s entitlement to a pension.

      2. 3. The appropriate annual rate.

   3. Derivative benefits

      1. 4. Lump sum on the judicial officer’s retirement or death.

      2. 5. Surviving spouse’s pension.

      3. 6. Grant and payment of a children’s pension.

      4. 7. Children’s pension: meaning of “period of childhood and full-time education”.

      5. 8. Rate of children’s pension.

      6. 9. Contribution towards cost of surviving spouse’s and children’s pension.

   4. Additional voluntary contributions

      1. 10. Additional benefits from voluntary contributions.

   5. Relationship with other pension schemes

      1. 11. Provision against pensions under two or more judicial pension schemes.

      2. 12. Transfer of rights of persons holding qualifying judicial office before commencement.

      3. 13. Election for personal pension instead of judicial pension.

   6. Supplemental provisions

      1. 14. Application of this Part to holders of the office of Lord Chancellor.

      2. 15. Circuit judges: the Recorder of London and the Common Serjeant.

      3. 16. Disregard of abatement of pension under s.65 of the Social Security Act 1973 etc.

      4. 17. Effect of certain nullity decrees.

      5. 18. Continuity of tax treatment.

3. Part II Miscellaneous, General and Supplementary Provisions

   1. Additional benefits in respect of disregarded earnings

      1. 19. Benefits in respect of earnings in excess of pension-capped salary.

   2. General provisions connected with the new schemes

      1. 20. Appeals.

      2. 21. Pensions payable to judicial officers etc. by local authorities in England and Wales.

      3. 22. Application of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971.

      4. 23. Transfer of accrued benefits.

      5. 24. Corresponding minor amendments to other enactments.

   3. Pensions for senior public investigative officers

      1. 25. The Comptroller and Auditor General and the Parliamentary and Health Service Commissioners etc.

   4. Retirement date for certain judicial officers etc

      1. 26. Retirement date for holders of certain judicial offices etc.

      2. 27. Completion of proceedings after retirement.

   5. Miscellaneous and supplementary provisions

      1. 28. Payments charged on Consolidated Fund etc.

      2. 29. Regulations and orders.

      3. 30. Interpretation.

      4. 31. Short title, supplementary provisions and extent.

4. 1. Schedule 1

      The offices which may be qualifying judicial offices.

      1. Part I Judges.

      2. Part II Other appointments.

   2. Schedule 2

      Transfer of accrued benefits.

      1. Part I General.

      2. Part II Transfers out.

      3. Part III Transfers in.

   3. Schedule 3

      Corresponding minor amendments to other pensions enactments.

      1. Part I Amendments of the 1981 Act.

      2. Part II Amendment of the Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961.

      3. Part III Amendments of Northern Ireland provisions.

   4. Schedule 4

      Pensions for senior public investigative officers.

      1. Part I The Comptroller and Auditor General.

      2. Part II The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.

      3. Part III The Health Service Commissioners.

      4. Part IV The Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland.

      5. Part V The Northern Ireland Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints.

   5. Schedule 5

      Retirement provisions: the relevant offices.

   6. Schedule 6

      Retirement dates for certain judicial offices.

   7. Schedule 7

      Retirement dates: transitional provisions.

   8. Schedule 8

      Minor and consequential amendments.

   9. Schedule 9

      Repeals and revocations.