Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993

1993 CHAPTER 8

An Act to make further provision with respect to the pensions and other benefits payable in respect of service in certain judicial, and related, offices and in certain senior public investigative offices; to amend the law relating to the date on which the holders of certain judicial, and related, offices are required to vacate those offices; and for purposes connected therewith.

[29th March 1993]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Extent Information

E1 Act extends to U.K. but for exceptions see s. 31(5)-(7)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Power to amend Act conferred (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18), art.18(3)(l) (as added (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 31, Sch. 8 para. 19(2); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

Power to amend Act conferred (9.11.1998) by 1998 c. 42, s. 18(6), Sch. 4 paras. 3, 4 (with ss. 7(8), 22(5))

Power to modify Act conferred (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, ss. 188-190, 191, Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 17(2)(3)(j), Sch. 9 para. 7; S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

C2 Power to modify Act conferred (N.I.) (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, ss. 182, 183, 184, Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 17(2)(3)(l) (with Sch. 8 para. 8(3)); S.R. 1994/17

Act modified (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 68(3)(b), 108(3) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2))

Power to amend Act conferred (11.11.1999) by 1999 c. 30, ss. 43, 89(5)

Act: power to amend conferred (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 7(5)(b) (with s. 78); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2 (subject to art. 3)

C3 Act modified (19.12.2003) by The Judicial Pensions (Election against Benefits) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2916), reg. 2(1) (with reg. 2(3))

C4 Act modified (19.12.2003) by The Judicial Pensions (Election against Benefits) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2916), reg. 2(2) (with reg. 2(3))

C5 Act modified (9.2.2005) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993) (Consequential Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/53), art. 2(2)

Part I U.K. New Arrangements for Judicial Pensions

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 Pt. I (ss. 1-18) applied with modifications (31.3.1995) by 1967 c. 13, Sch. 1 para. 4(1) (as substituted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 2); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) applied with modifications (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5), art. 4A (as inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. IV para. 5(4)); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) applied with modifications (31.3.1995) by 1969 c. 10 (N.I.), Sch. 1A para. 4(1) (as inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. V para. 6(6); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) applied (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/639, reg. 4.11(1)

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) extended (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7), art. 4(4), Sch. 1, para. 6(1)

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) extended (with modifications) (except ss. 1(1)-(4), 2) (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7), art. 4(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(3)(4)

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) extended (with modifications) (except ss. 1(1)-(4), 2) (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I. 8), art. 5(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(3)(4)

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) extended (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I. 8), art. 5(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(1)

C7 Pt. 1 applied (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 11(4)(5); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

Application of Part I U.K.

1 Persons to whom this Part applies. U.K.

(1) This Part applies—

(a) to any person who first holds qualifying judicial office on or after the appointed day;

(b) to any person—

(i) who, immediately before the appointed day, was holding any qualifying judicial office, service in which was, in his case, subject to a judicial pension scheme; and

(ii) who, on or after that day, ceases to hold that office and is appointed to some other qualifying judicial office, service in which would (apart from this Act) have been subject, in his case, to some other judicial pension scheme;

(c) to any person who was not holding qualifying judicial office immediately before the appointed day, by virtue of having retired from such office, but who, on or after that day, is again appointed to such office; F1 . . .

(d) to any person who makes an election under subsection (2) below for this Part to apply to him;[F2 and

(e) to any person appointed to a qualifying judicial office in circumstances falling within subsection (4A) below;]

but this subsection is subject to the following provisions of this Act [F3 and to Part 3 of Schedule 9 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (transitional arrangements for pensions of certain judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal)].

[F4 (1A) This Part is subject to section 18 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (restrictions on benefits provided under existing schemes).]

[F5 (1B) This Part is subject to section 18 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (Northern Ireland provision restricting benefits provided under existing schemes).]

(2) Any person—

(a) who holds qualifying judicial office on the appointed day, and

(b) who held such office at any time before that day,

shall be entitled, in such circumstances as may be prescribed and subject to subsection (5) below, to make an election for this Part to apply to him, if it would not otherwise do so.

(3) Any election under subsection (2) above must be made within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed and shall be irrevocable.

(4) The circumstances that may be prescribed under subsection (2) above, and the time that may be prescribed under subsection (3) above, include circumstances or times which permit the making of an election notwithstanding that the person in question has retired from qualifying judicial office or has died; and, without prejudice to section 29(3) and (4) below, where any such circumstances or times are so prescribed—

(a) the person in question shall be treated for such purposes as may be prescribed as if he had, at such times as may be prescribed, been a person to whom this Part applies; and

(b) any right to make an election notwithstanding the person’s death shall be exercisable by his personal representatives.

[F6 (4A) The circumstances of a person's appointment to a qualifying judicial office (“the subsequent office”) fall within this subsection if—

(a) the person, immediately before being appointed to the subsequent office, holds an office within subsection (4B) below (“the replacement tribunal office”);

(b) the person held the replacement tribunal office on a salaried basis from when he became its holder until immediately before being appointed to the subsequent office; and

(c) the person, before becoming the holder of the replacement tribunal office, had never held qualifying judicial office.

(4B) The offices within this subsection are—

(a) the office of judge of the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of being a transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal,

(b) the office of other member of the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of being a transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal,

(c) the office of judge of the Upper Tribunal by virtue of being a transferred-in judge of the Upper Tribunal, and

(d) the office of other member of the Upper Tribunal by virtue of being a transferred-in other member of the Upper Tribunal.]

(5) Except as provided by section 13 below, this Part does not apply to a person at any time when an election under that section is in force in respect of him; nor shall he make an election under subsection (2) above at any such time.

(6) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be regarded as holding, or serving in, qualifying judicial office at any time when he holds, on a salaried basis, any one or more of the offices specified in Schedule 1 to this Act; and any reference in this Act to a “qualifying judicial office” is a reference to any office so specified if it is held on a salaried basis.

(7) For the purposes of subsection (6) above, a person holds an office “on a salaried basis” if and so long as, and to the extent that—

(a) his service in the office is remunerated by payment of a salary; and

(b) that salary is not subject to terms which preclude rights to pensions and other benefits accruing by reference to it;

and the reference in that subsection to an office being held on a salaried basis shall be construed accordingly.

(8) The appropriate Minister may by order amend either Part of Schedule 1 to this Act by adding offices to those for the time being there specified.

(9) In this section, “prescribed” means prescribed in regulations made by the appropriate Minister.

(10) In this Part “the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 31 below for the coming into force of this Part other than subsection (8) above.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word at the end of s. 1(1)(c) repealed (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 146, 148(5), Sch. 23 Pt. 1; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(i)(ii) (with art. 3)

F2 S. 1(1)(e) and preceding word inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 15(2); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

F3 Words in s. 1(1) inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 15(3); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

F4 S. 1(1A) inserted (1.4.2014) by Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 25), s. 41(2), Sch. 8 para. 16 (with Sch. 11 para. 8); S.I. 2014/839, art. 4(2)(i)

F5 S. 1(1B) inserted (N.I.) (28.4.2014) by Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 2), s. 37(2), Sch. 8 para. 17; S.R. 2014/123, art. 2(1)(r)

F6 S. 1(4A)(4B) inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 15(4); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 S. 1(1)(a) excluded (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 11(2); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

Pensions for judicial officers U.K.

2 The judicial officer’s entitlement to a pension. U.K.

(1) Any person to whom this Part applies—

(a) who retires from qualifying judicial office on or after the day on which he attains the age of 65, and

(b) who has, at the time of that retirement, completed, in the aggregate, at least 5 years’ service in qualifying judicial office,

shall be entitled during his life to a pension at the appropriate annual rate.

(2) Any person to whom this Part applies—

(a) who retires from qualifying judicial office on or after the day on which he attains the age of 60, but before attaining the age of 65, and

(b) who has, at the time of that retirement, completed, in the aggregate, at least 5 years’ service in qualifying judicial office,

shall be entitled during his life to a pension at the appropriate annual rate, actuarially reduced.

(3) In any case where—

(a) a person to whom this Part applies retires from qualifying judicial office before he has attained the age of 65 or before he has completed, in the aggregate, at least 5 years’ service in such office, and

(b) the appropriate Minister is satisfied by means of a medical certificate that, by reason of infirmity of mind or body, the person is incapable of discharging the duties of his qualifying judicial office and that the incapacity is likely to be permanent,

the person shall be entitled during his life to a pension at the appropriate annual rate (and subsection (2) above shall not have effect in relation to that retirement, notwithstanding that the conditions in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection may be satisfied in the particular case).

[F7 (3A) Where the appropriate minister is the Lord Chancellor, he must, before satisfying himself as mentioned in subsection (3)(b)—

(a) consult the Lord Chief of Justice of England and Wales, if the person in question holds office in England and Wales;

(b) consult the Lord Chief of Justice of Northern Ireland, if the person in question holds office in Northern Ireland.]

(4) Where a person to whom this Part applies is removed from a qualifying judicial office, his removal from that office shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as his retirement from qualifying judicial office; and if—

(a) he has not attained the age of 60 at the date of that retirement, and

(b) the appropriate Minister recommends that his accrued rights under this Part should be given immediate effect,

the person shall be entitled during his life to a pension at the appropriate annual rate, actuarially reduced.

(5) Where a person to whom a pension under this section has commenced to be paid resumes service in qualifying judicial office—

(a) the resumption of service shall not affect his entitlement to payment of the pension for any period before the resumption,

(b) he shall not be entitled to payment of the pension for any period during the resumed service, and

(c) at the end of the period of resumed service—

(i) his entitlement (and that of any other person) to a pension or other benefit under this Part, and

(ii) the rate or amount of any such pension or other benefit,

shall be determined (subject to section 4(4) below) as if no pension under this section had previously commenced to be paid to him.

(6) A pension under this section shall be payable at such intervals, not exceeding three months, as the Treasury may determine.

(7) For the purposes of this Part—

(a) in determining the length of a person’s period of service in any qualifying judicial office, it is immaterial whether he works full-time or part-time, but if he holds two or more qualifying judicial offices concurrently, no day shall be counted more than once;

(b) in determining the length of a person’s period of service in any qualifying judicial office, there shall be left out of account—

(i) any service in such office before the day on which this Part first applied to him (except to the extent to which it is given effect under or by virtue of section 12 below);

(ii) in the case of an office which becomes a qualifying judicial office by virtue of an order under section 1(8) above, any service in that office before the day on which it becomes such an office (except to the extent to which it is given effect under or by virtue of section 12 below);

(iii) any service in qualifying judicial office at a time when an election under section 13 below is in force in respect of him; and

(iv) any service in such office in respect of which he has taken a cash equivalent in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to this Act;

(c) in any case falling within subsection (3) above where, at the date of the retirement, the person has not attained the age of 65, the aggregate length of his period of service shall [F8 (subject to subsection (7A))] be increased by the addition of a period equal in length to one half of that which—

(i) begins immediately after the date of the retirement; and

(ii) ends with the day on which he would attain the age of 65;

(d) where any payment in respect of a pension under this section has become due, the pension shall be treated as commencing to be paid, notwithstanding that no payment has in fact been made in respect of it, and for this purpose a payment in respect of a pension shall be treated as becoming due on the first day of the period for which it is payable;

(e) “actuarially reduced”, in relation to the rate of a pension, means reduced by such amount as may be prescribed in, or determined in accordance with, regulations made under this section by the appropriate Minister with the concurrence of the Treasury;

(f) where a person ceases to hold qualifying judicial office in consequence of infirmity of mind or body, the cessation (however brought about) shall be taken for the purposes of this Part to constitute retirement, not removal, from such office.

F9 [F10 (7A) Subsection (7)(c) does not apply where, at the date of the retirement, the person—

(a) is a member of a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014; and

(b) is entitled under that scheme to early payment of benefits on the grounds of ill-health.]

[F11 (7A) Subsection [F9 (7)(c)] does not apply where, at the date of retirement, the person—

(a) is a member of a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013; and

(b) is entitled under that scheme to early payment of benefits on the grounds of ill-health.]

(8) In this Act “judicial pension” means a pension under this section.

[F12 (9) The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this section.

(10) The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under this section—

(a) the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;

(b) a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).]

Textual Amendments

F7 S. 2(3A) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 227(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11

F8 Words in s. 2(7)(c) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(2)(a) (with regs. 148, 160) and (N.I.) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/76), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 11(2)(a)

F9 Word in s. 2(7A) substituted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.4.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), ss. 106, 131(1)(2)(f)

F10 S. 2(7A) inserted (N.I.) (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/76), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 11(2)(b)

F11 S. 2(7A) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(2)(b) (with regs. 148, 160)

F12 S. 2(9)(10) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 227(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11

3 The appropriate annual rate. U.K.

(1) In the case of a person who has, at the time of his retirement from qualifying judicial office, completed, in the aggregate, at least 20 years’ service in such office, the “appropriate annual rate” for the purposes of this Act is an annual rate equal to one-half of his pensionable pay.

(2) In the case of a person not falling within subsection (1) above, the “appropriate annual rate” for the purposes of this Act is an amount equal to one-fortieth of his pensionable pay, multiplied by the aggregate length of his service in qualifying judicial office (expressed in years and fractions of a year).

(3) For the purposes of this Act—

(a) a person’s “pensionable pay” is the greater of the following amounts, that is to say—

(i) the pension-capped salary payable to him in respect of his service in qualifying judicial office in the period of twelve months ending with the day on which F13 . . . his participation in the scheme constituted by this Part ceases; and

(ii) the greatest amount of pension-capped salary payable to him in respect of such service in any other period of twelve consecutive months falling within the period of three years ending with that day;

(b) a person’s “pension-capped salary” for any period of twelve months is so much of his aggregate salary in respect of service in qualifying judicial office in that period as [F14 does not exceed the permitted maximum for the tax year] in which his participation in the scheme constituted by this Part ceases;

(c) a person’s salary in respect of service in any qualifying judicial office shall be taken to accrue due from day to day, at the rate for the time being in force, throughout the period for which he holds the office;

(d) if, in consequence of periods of ill-health, the rate at which a person’s salary in respect of service in any qualifying judicial office is payable to him for any period falling within the three years mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii) above is less than it would have been apart from the periods of ill-health, he shall be treated as if that salary had been payable to him throughout that period at the rate at which it would have been payable, apart from the periods of ill-health;

(e) in determining a person’s salary in respect of his service in qualifying judicial office, there shall be left out of account any part of the salary which is paid on terms which preclude rights to pensions and other benefits accruing by reference to it;

but paragraphs (a) and (b) above are subject to regulations under subsections (4) and (5) below.

[F15 (3A) In subsection (3)(b) above “the permitted maximum” means—

(a) in relation to the tax year 2005-06 and any earlier tax year, the permitted maximum within the meaning of section 590C(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (earnings cap) as it had effect for the tax year, and

(b) in relation to the tax year 2006-07 and any later tax year, the amount arrived at under subsection (3B) below.

(3B) The permitted maximum for the tax year 2006-07 and any later tax year is the permitted maximum for the previous tax year increased (if there is a relevant increase in the retail prices index for the tax year) by the appropriate percentage for the tax year.

(3C) There is a relevant increase in the retail prices index for a tax year if the retail prices index for the month of September before the tax year is higher than it was for the previous September.

(3D) And the appropriate percentage for the tax year is the same percentage as the percentage increase in the retail prices index.

(3E) But if the result of the application of subsection (3B) above in relation to a tax year would not be a multiple of £600, the permitted maximum for that tax year is what it would be apart from this subsection rounded up to the nearest amount which is such a multiple.]

(4) Regulations may make provision for any case where a person to whom this Part applies serves in qualifying judicial office neither—

(a) throughout the whole of the period of twelve months mentioned in subsection (3)(a)(i) above; nor

(b) throughout any other such period of twelve consecutive months as is mentioned in subsection (3)(a)(ii) above;

and any such regulations may, in particular, provide for such a person’s pensionable pay and pension-capped salary to be determined for the purposes of this Act as if he had served in his qualifying judicial office (whether full-time or part-time) throughout the whole of the period of twelve months mentioned in paragraph (a) above and had been paid in respect of that service a salary of an amount determined by reference to the annual rate of salary payable in his case in respect of service in that office in that period.

(5) Regulations may also make provision for any case where the service in qualifying judicial office of a person to whom this Part applies is, or has at some time been, only part-time, within the meaning of the regulations; and any such regulations may, in particular, provide for the amount of salary by reference to which his pension-capped salary (and accordingly his pensionable pay) would fall to be determined, apart from this subsection, to be reduced, for the purpose of making any such determination, in accordance with the regulations.

• In this section, “regulations” means regulations made by the appropriate Minister with the concurrence of the Treasury [F16 ,

• “retail prices index”, in relation to a month, means—

  (a)

  the general index of retail prices (for all items) published by the [F17 Statistics Board] for the month, or

  (b)

  if that index is not published for the month, any substituted index or index figures published by [F17 the Board] for the month, and

• “tax year” and “the tax year 2006-07” (and corresponding expressions) have the meanings in [F18 section 4 of the Income Tax Act 2007].]

Textual Amendments

F13 Words in s. 3(3)(a)(i) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 3(2)(a)

F14 Words in s. 3(3)(b) substituted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 3(2)(b)

F15 S. 3(3A)-(3E) inserted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 3(3)

F16 S. 3(6): definitions of "retail prices index" and ""tax year" and "the tax year 2006-2007"" inserted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 3(4)

F17 Words in s. 3(6) substituted (1.4.2008) by Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18), ss. 60(1), 74(1), Sch. 3 para. 8; S.I. 2008/839, art. 2

F18 Words in s. 3(6) substituted (6.4.2007 with effect as mentioned in s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), ss. 1027, 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 352

Derivative benefits U.K.

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

(1) Where a judicial pension commences to be paid to a person, there shall also be paid to him a lump sum of an amount equal to two and one-quarter times the annual rate of the pension.

(2) Where a judicial pension commences to be paid to a person, but he dies so soon thereafter that the aggregate of—

(a) the sums paid or payable to him on account of that pension, including any increases under the M1 Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, and

(b) the lump sum paid or payable to him under subsection (1) above,

falls short of an amount equal to five times the annual rate in force in respect of that pension immediately before his death, including any increases under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, his personal representatives shall be granted a lump sum equal to the deficiency.

(3) Where a person to whom this Part applies dies while holding qualifying judicial office, a lump sum of an amount equal to twice the amount of his pensionable pay shall be payable—

(a) to the person (if any) nominated by him for the purposes of this subsection by notice in writing to the administrators of the scheme constituted by this Part; or

(b) in default of any such nomination, to his personal representatives;

and, in determining a person’s pensionable pay for the purposes of this subsection, his death shall be treated as his retirement from qualifying judicial office.

[F19 (3A) Subsection (3) does not apply where, at the date of the person’s death—

(a) the person is a member of a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014; and

(b) a lump sum is payable under that scheme on the person’s death.]

[F20 (3A) Subsection (3) does not apply where, at the date of the person’s death—

(a) the person is a member of a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013, and

(b) a lump sum is payable under that scheme on the person’s death.]

(4) A person to whom a lump sum is paid under subsection (1) above but who resumes service in qualifying judicial office shall not be required to refund the lump sum; but if the whole or any part of it is not refunded, an amount equal to so much of it as has not been refunded shall be deducted from any lump sum which subsequently becomes payable to or in respect of him under subsection (1), (2) or (3) above.

Textual Amendments

F19 S. 4(3A) inserted (N.I.) (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/76), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 11(3)

F20 S. 4(3A) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(3) (with regs. 148, 160)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9 S. 4(1) applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/634, art. 6(1)

C10 S. 4(1) applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/388, art. 6(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 1971 c. 56.

5 Surviving spouse’s [F21 and surviving civil partner's] pension. U.K.

(1) In any case where—

(a) a person (“the deceased”) to whom this Part applies dies leaving a surviving spouse [F22 or surviving civil partner], and

(b) their marriage took place [F23 or their civil partnership was formed] before the deceased retired from qualifying judicial office,

the surviving spouse [F22 or surviving civil partner] shall be entitled to a pension for life F24 . . . in respect of the deceased’s service in such office, at an annual rate equal to one-half of the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension.

[F25 (1A) For the purposes of this Act—

(a) a pension under this section which is payable to a surviving spouse is a “surviving spouse's pension”, and

(b) a pension under this section which is payable to a surviving civil partner is a “surviving civil partner's pension”.]

(2) A pension under this section shall be payable at such intervals, not exceeding three months, as the Treasury may determine.

[F26 (3) If—

(a) the surviving spouse re-marries or forms a civil partnership, or

(b) the surviving civil partner marries or forms a subsequent civil partnership,

the Treasury may, on or at any time after the marriage or the formation of the civil partnership, direct that the pension shall cease to be payable.]

(4) Where a direction has been given under subsection (3) above, the Treasury may at any time direct that payment of the pension is to be resumed.

(5) Where the deceased died while holding qualifying judicial office, his death shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above as his retirement from such office.

[F27 (5A) Schedule 1A to this Act (which makes transitional provision in relation to surviving civil partners' pensions) shall have effect.]

(6) For the purposes of this section, “the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension” means—

(a) where a judicial pension under subsection (1) or (3) of section 2 above had commenced to be paid to the deceased, the appropriate annual rate of that pension;

(b) where a judicial pension under subsection (2) or (4) of that section had commenced to be paid to the deceased, the appropriate annual rate of that pension, as actuarially reduced under that section;

(c) where no judicial pension had commenced to be paid to the deceased, the rate that would have been the appropriate annual rate of his judicial pension under subsection (3) of that section—

(i) had he not died, but retired from qualifying judicial office on the date of death; and

(ii) had the appropriate Minister been satisfied in his case as mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection.

[F28 (7) In a case within subsection (6)(c), section 2(7)(c) (deemed increase in period of service) is to be disregarded in determining the rate that would have been the appropriate annual rate of the deceased’s pension if, at the date of death—

(a) the deceased was a member of a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, and

(b) under that scheme, benefits are payable on the deceased’s death to a widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the deceased.]

[F29 (7) In a case within subsection (6)(c), section 2(7)(c) (deemed increase in period of service) is to be disregarded in determining the rate that would have been the appropriate annual rate of the deceased’s pension if, at the date of death—

(a) the deceased was a member of a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013, and

(b) under that scheme, benefits are payable on the deceased’s death to a widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the deceased.]

Textual Amendments

F21 S. 5: words in side-note inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(2)

F22 Words in s. 5(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(3)(a)

F23 Words in s. 5(1)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(3)(b)

F24 Words in s. 5(1) omitted (5.12.2005) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(3)(c)

F25 S. 5(1A) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(4)

F26 S. 5(3) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(5)

F27 S. 5(5A) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(6)

F28 S. 5(7) inserted (N.I.) (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/76), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 11(4)

F29 S. 5(7) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(4) (with regs. 148, 160)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C11 S. 5(1)-(4) applied (with modifications) (E.W.S) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/634, art. 6(1)

C12 S. 5(1)-(4) applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/388, art. 6(1)

6 Grant and payment of a children’s pension. U.K.

(1) Upon the death of a person to whom this Part applies (“the deceased”) a pension in respect of his service in qualifying judicial office shall be granted for the benefit of such persons as may from time to time be the eligible children of the deceased (a “children’s pension”).

(2) The persons who, for the purposes of this Part, are the “eligible children” of the deceased at any time are—

(a) any natural children of the deceased,

(b) any step-children of the deceased,

(c) any children adopted by the deceased before his retirement from qualifying judicial office, and

(d) any children adopted by the deceased after his retirement from qualifying judicial office and in respect of whom a direction is given under subsection (5) below,

who are for the time being in their period of childhood and full-time education.

(3) Only one children’s pension shall be granted in respect of the service of any one person, but—

(a) the rate of the pension shall vary in accordance with section 8 below, according to the number of his eligible children for the time being;

(b) the pension shall be paid to such person or persons as the Treasury may from time to time direct, and different parts of the pension may be directed to be paid to different persons; and

(c) the person to whom all or any part of the pension is paid shall apply the sum paid to him, without distinction, for the benefit of all the persons who are for the time being eligible children of the deceased or, as the case may be, for the benefit of such of them as the Treasury may from time to time direct.

(4) A children’s pension—

(a) shall be paid so long as and whenever there are eligible children of the deceased; and

(b) shall be payable at such intervals, not exceeding three months, as the Treasury may determine.

(5) The Treasury may direct that a person (“the child”) who was adopted by the deceased is to be regarded as falling within paragraph (d) of subsection (2) above if they are satisfied—

(a) that the deceased had, before his retirement from qualifying judicial office, formed the intention of adopting the child; and

(b) that, immediately before that retirement, the child was wholly or mainly dependent on the deceased.

(6) Where the deceased died while holding qualifying judicial office, his death shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) above as his retirement from such office.

[F30 (7) In this section, “step-children of the deceased” means—

(a) any children who—

(i) are the natural children of a person who at any time was married to, or the civil partner of, the deceased, and

(ii) at the time of the marriage or the formation of the civil partnership, either had been born or were in gestation;

(b) any children adopted by such a person before the marriage to, or the formation of the civil partnership with, the deceased; and

(c) any children adopted by such a person after the marriage to, or the formation of the civil partnership with, the deceased in a case where the adoption proceedings were pending at the time of the marriage or the formation of the civil partnership.]

(8) For the purposes of this section the “natural children” of any person are any children of whom that person is the genetic father or mother.

Textual Amendments

F30 S. 6(7) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 71

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13 S. 6 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/634, art. 6(1)

C14 S. 6 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/388, art. 6(1)

C15 S. 6 modified (21.12.2018) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1412), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 17

C16 S. 6(2)(c)(d)(5)(7)(b) modified (6.4.2010) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/985), reg. 5, Sch. 4

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

(1) For the purposes of section 6 above, a person is in his “period of childhood and full-time education” at any time if, and only if, at that time—

(a) he has not attained the age of 16;

(b) he is receiving full-time instruction at any university, college, school or other educational establishment; or

(c) he is undergoing training by any person (“the employer”) for any trade, profession or vocation in such circumstances that—

(i) he is required to devote the whole of his time to the training for a period of not less than two years; and

(ii) while he is undergoing the training, the emoluments receivable by him, or payable by the employer in respect of him, do not exceed the maximum allowable remuneration, disregarding for this purpose any emoluments receivable or payable by way of return of any premium paid in respect of the training.

(2) A person shall not be regarded for the purposes of this section as coming within paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) above at any time unless he has come within one or other of those paragraphs at all times since he attained the age of 16.

(3) Where there is a period during which a person comes within neither paragraph (b) nor paragraph (c) of subsection (1) above, then, if the Treasury think fit and are satisfied that the person’s full-time education ought not to be regarded as completed, they may direct either—

(a) that that period shall be disregarded for the purposes of subsection (2) above; or

(b) that the person shall be regarded for the purposes of this section as having come within paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) above throughout that period.

(4) For the purposes of this section—

• “emoluments” means any salary, fees, wages, perquisites or profits or gains whatsoever, and includes the value of free board, lodging or clothing;

• “the maximum allowable remuneration” at any time is an annual rate (£1,614 a year, at the passing of this Act) equal to that at which a pension of £250 a year—

  (a)

  first awarded under the principal civil service pension scheme on 1st June 1972, and

  (b)

  increased from time to time by the amount of increase that would be applied under the M2 Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 to such a pension,

  would (as so increased) be payable at that time.

(5) Where a premium has been paid in respect of the training of a person, all emoluments at any time receivable by him, or payable by the employer in respect of him, shall be taken for the purposes of subsection (1)(c)(ii) above to be receivable or payable by way of return of the premium, unless and to the extent that the amount of those emoluments exceeds in the aggregate the amount of the premium.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C17 S. 7 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/634, art. 6(1)

C18 S. 7 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/388, art. 6(1)

Marginal Citations

M2 1971 c. 56.

8 Rate of children’s pension. U.K.

(1) Where the deceased leaves no surviving spouse [F31 or surviving civil partner], the annual rate of a children’s pension shall be—

(a) while the eligible children of the deceased are two or more in number, two-thirds of the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension; and

(b) while there is only one eligible child of the deceased, one-third of the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension.

(2) Where the deceased leaves a surviving spouse [F32 or surviving civil partner], the annual rate of a children’s pension during the life of the surviving spouse [F32 or surviving civil partner] shall be—

(a) while the eligible children of the deceased are two or more in number, one-half of the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension; and

(b) while there is only one eligible child of the deceased, one-quarter of the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension;

and the annual rate of the children’s pension after the death of the surviving spouse [F32 or surviving civil partner] shall be the rate specified in paragraph (a) or, as the case may be, paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above.

[F33 (3) Where the deceased—

(a) leaves a surviving spouse who re-marries or forms a civil partnership, or

(b) leaves a surviving civil partner who marries or forms a subsequent civil partnership,

the Treasury may, if they think fit, direct that subsection (1) above shall apply instead of subsection (2) above as respects any period when the surviving spouse or surviving civil partner has a spouse or civil partner.]

(4) “The annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension” has the same meaning for the purposes of this section as it has for the purposes of section 5 above.

[F34 (5) Section 5(7) accordingly applies for the purposes of this section in a case within section 5(6)(c), but as if the reference in section 5(7)(b) to the benefits payable on the deceased’s death included a reference to benefits payable to surviving dependants of the deceased.]

Textual Amendments

F31 Words in s. 8(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 72(2)

F32 Words in s. 8(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 72(3)

F33 S. 8(3) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 72(4)

F34 S. 8(5) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(5) (with regs. 148, 160) and (N.I.) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/76), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 11(5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C19 s. 8(1)(2)(3) applied (with modifications) (E.W.S) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/634, art. 6(1)

C20 S. 8(1)(2)(3) applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/388, art. 6(1)

9 Contribution towards cost of surviving spouse’s [F35 , surviving civil partner's] and children’s pension. U.K.

(1) Such contributions as may be prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this section shall be made towards the cost of the liability for any pension or pensions under sections 5 to 8 above in respect of a person’s service in qualifying judicial office.

(2) No contribution shall be made by a person for any period of service during which an election under section 13 below is in force in respect of him.

(3) The prescribed contributions shall be in the form of deductions from the salary payable in respect of the service.

(4) In the case of persons to whom this Part applies by virtue of section 1(1)(b), (c) [F36 , (d) or (e) above or in the case of persons to whom this Part applies by virtue of paragraph 11(4) of Schedule 9 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007,] the prescribed contributions may (notwithstanding subsection (3) above) be in the form of either—

(a) deductions from the salary payable in respect of the service, or

(b) a reduction of any lump sum payable under section 4 above in respect of the service,

or partly in one of those forms and partly in the other.

(5) The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by the appropriate Minister with the concurrence of the Treasury.

Textual Amendments

F35 S. 9: words in side-note inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 73

F36 Words in s. 9(4) substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 16; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C21 S. 9 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/634, art. 6(1)

S. 9 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/388, art. 6(1)

[F37 Contributions U.K.

Textual Amendments

F37 S. 9A and cross-heading inserted (3.1.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 34, 38(4); S.I. 2011/3034, art. 3(g)

9A Contributions towards cost of judicial pension etc U.K.

(1) The appropriate Minister may, by regulations made with the concurrence of the Treasury, make provision for and in connection with requiring contributions to be made towards the cost of the liability for relevant benefits.

(2) The prescribed contributions are to be—

(a) made by the person to or in respect of whom the relevant benefits are to be, or may be, provided;

(b) made for the person's period of service in qualifying judicial office;

(c) in the form of deductions from the salary payable for that service.

(3) But no contribution is to be made by a person—

(a) for any period of service during which an election under section 13 is in force in respect of the person;

(b) for any period of service after the person has completed, in the aggregate, 20 years' service in qualifying judicial office;

(c) for any other prescribed period of service;

(d) in any prescribed circumstances.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3)(b), it does not matter whether the person's service in qualifying judicial office was service before or after the commencement of section 34(1) of the Pensions Act 2011 (but no contribution is to be made for a person's service before that commencement).

(5) In this section—

• “prescribed” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations;

• “relevant benefits” means—

  (a)

  a pension under section 2;

  (b)

  a lump sum under section 4;

  (c)

  payments by way of pension or lump sum under section 19, so far as relating to a pension or lump sum within paragraph (a) or (b).]

Additional voluntary contributions U.K.

10 Additional benefits from voluntary contributions. U.K.

(1) Regulations may make provision—

(a) entitling any person to whom this Part applies to make voluntary contributions towards the cost of the provision of additional benefits, whether under the scheme constituted by this Part or otherwise; or

(b) imposing conditions with respect to the exercise by any such person of any entitlement (whether or not under paragraph (a) above) which he may have to make any such voluntary contributions.

(2) Regulations may make provision for the purpose of imposing, in a case where a person to whom this Part applies makes voluntary contributions, upper limits with respect to—

(a) the aggregate value of the aggregable benefits which may be paid to or in respect of any such person; and

(b) the amount which any such person may pay by way of such contributions;

and, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) above, any such regulations may, in particular, impose such an upper limit on the amount which a person may pay by way of voluntary contributions as will, so far as reasonably practicable, secure that the aggregate value referred to in paragraph (a) above will not exceed the limit prescribed under that paragraph.

(3) Regulations may—

(a) prescribe the manner in which aggregable benefits are to be valued for the purpose of any such aggregation as is mentioned in subsection (2) above;

(b) confer on the administrators of the scheme constituted by this Part power to require a person to whom this Part applies who is making, or who wishes to make, voluntary contributions to provide such information as they may require concerning any retained benefits of his;

(c) permit the disclosure by those administrators of any information which they may obtain concerning any such retained benefits—

(i) to, or to any officers of, the Commissioners of Inland Revenue; or

(ii) to, or to any servants or agents of, any authorised provider who is, or may be, concerned in the investment of the voluntary contributions or the provision of the additional benefits in question.

(4) Regulations—

(a) may not prohibit the payment of voluntary contributions;

(b) may not impose any limit on the amount which a person may pay by way of voluntary contributions, other than F38 . . . —

(i) such upper limit as may be imposed by virtue of subsection (2)(b) above; F39 . . .

(ii) F39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) must secure that any voluntary contributions paid by a person are used to provide additional benefits for or in respect of him; and

(d) must secure that the value of such additional benefits is reasonable, having regard to—

(i) the amount paid by way of voluntary contributions;

(ii) the value of the other benefits provided under the scheme constituted by this Part; and

[F40 (iii) the general value of benefits available to a person under any contract of life insurance entered into by him with an insurer;]

but paragraphs (c) and (d) above have effect only in relation to a voluntary contributions scheme constituted by or under this Part.

(5) Regulations may, in particular—

(a) provide that the value of additional benefits offered on payment of voluntary contributions shall be determined in accordance with prescribed rules based on tables prepared for the purposes of the regulations by the Government Actuary;

(b) prescribe the manner in which it is to be determined in any case whether the amount of a person’s contributions exceeds any such limit as is mentioned in subsection (4)(b) above;

(c) provide for any administrative expenses incurred by any person by virtue of this section to be defrayed out of sums received by way of voluntary contributions;

(d) provide for the manner in which voluntary contributions are to be made;

(e) make provision for, and in connection with, the valuation of a person’s accrued rights—

(i) under any occupational or personal pension scheme, which are to be transferred into a voluntary contributions scheme, or

(ii) under any voluntary contributions scheme, which on termination of his membership of that scheme may fall to be transferred into another scheme;

(f) prescribe the additional benefits which are to be available under a voluntary contributions scheme and the rates and times at which those benefits are to be payable;

(g) make provision for and in connection with the making of elections between different benefits available under voluntary contributions schemes;

(h) provide for the terms on which a person may terminate his membership of a voluntary contributions scheme;

(j) provide for the terms on which surplus funds may be refunded to a person who has made payments by way of voluntary contributions to a voluntary contributions scheme;

(k) specify any authorised providers—

(i) who are to invest any prescribed voluntary contributions, or

(ii) who are to provide any prescribed additional benefits,

and, if two or more authorised providers are so specified, may make provision entitling any person who makes prescribed payments by way of voluntary contributions to elect between those authorised providers.

(6) Regulations may provide for such additional benefits arising under or by virtue of this section as may be prescribed—

(a) to be charged on, and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund; or

(b) to be paid out of money provided by Parliament.

(7) The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by the appropriate Minister with the concurrence of the Treasury.

(8) In this section—

• “aggregable benefits” means—

  (a)

  any pensions or other benefits under this Part, other than such additional benefits as are mentioned in subsection (1) above;

  (b)

  such additional benefits so mentioned as may be prescribed; and

  (c)

  such retained benefits as may be prescribed;

• [F41 authorised provider”, in relation to the investment of any sums paid by way of voluntary contributions or the provision of any benefit, means—

  (a)

  a person who has permission under [F42 Part 4A] of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to invest such sums or, as the case may be, to provide that benefit;

  (b)

  F43 ...

  (c)

  F43 ...]

• “employment” has the same meaning as it has in the [F44 Pension Schemes Act 1993] (and accordingly includes employment as a self-employed earner, within the meaning of [F44 section 2 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992]);

• [F45 “insurer” means—

  (a)

  a person who has permission under [F42 Part 4A] of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of long-term insurance;

  (b)

  F46 ...]

• “occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by [F47 section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993] or, in relation to Northern Ireland, [F48 section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993];

• “personal pension scheme” has the meaning given by [F49 section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993] or, in relation to Northern Ireland, [F50 section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993];

• “prescribed” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations;

• “regulations” means regulations under this section;

• F51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “retained benefits”, in the case of any person, means any rights retained by him to F52 . . . benefits under any occupational or personal pension scheme which [F53 is registered under Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004], being rights which accrued during some previous employment;

• “surplus funds”, in relation to a person and any voluntary contributions scheme, means any funds which are, or have been, held for the purposes of that voluntary contributions scheme and which fall to be returned to him in consequence of any such limit as is mentioned in subsection (4)(b) above;

• F54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “voluntary contributions scheme” means any occupational pension scheme if and to the extent that it is a scheme under which such additional benefits as are mentioned in subsection (1) above are, or are to be, provided;

and, where a person’s voluntary contributions are made by deduction from salary, any reference to payment of, or by way of, voluntary contributions shall be taken to include a reference to the making of voluntary contributions by deduction or, as the case may require, to any voluntary contributions so made.

[F55 (8A) In subsection (8), the definitions of “authorised provider” and “insurer” must be read with—

(a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

(b) any relevant order under that section; and

(c) Schedule 2 to that Act.

F56 (8B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F56 (8C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F56 (8D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F56 (8E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(9) Without prejudice to section 29(6) below, regulations under this section may make different provision for different classes or descriptions of voluntary contributions scheme.

(10) Without prejudice to subsections (5)(c) and (d) and (6) above, there may be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a) any sums required for or in connection with the operation or administration of any prescribed voluntary contributions scheme; or

(b) any administrative expenses incurred under or by virtue of this section by a Minister of the Crown or government department.

(11) Any sums received under this section may be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Textual Amendments

F38 Words in s. 10(4)(b) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 4(2)

F39 S. 10(4)(b)(ii) and preceding word omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 4(2)

F40 S. 10(4)(d)(iii) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 112(2)

F41 Definition of “authorised provider” in s. 10(8) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 112(3)(a)

F42 Words in s. 10(8) substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 18 para. 75(2) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F43 Words in s. 10(8) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The EEA Passport Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1149), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 33(2)(a)(i) (with reg. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F44 S. 10(8): words in the definition of “employment”substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 46(1)(a) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F45 Definition of “insurer” in s. 10(8) inserted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 112(3)(b)

F46 Words in s. 10(8) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The EEA Passport Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1149), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 33(2)(a)(ii) (with reg. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F47 S. 10(8): words in the definition of “occupational pension scheme” substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 46(1)(b) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F48 S. 10(8): words in the definition of “occupational pension scheme” substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 43(1)(a); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

F49 S. 10(8): words in the definition of “personal pension scheme” substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 46(1)(c) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F50 S. 10(8): words in the definition of “personal pension scheme” substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 43(1)(b); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

F51 S. 18: definition of "relevant benefits" omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 4(3)(a)

F52 S. 10(8): word in definition of "retained benefits" omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 4(3)(b)

F53 S. 10(8): words in definition of "retained benefits" substituted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 4(3)(b)

F54 S. 10(8): definitions of "tax exemption" and "tax approval" omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 4(3)(c)

F55 S. 10(8A)-(8E) inserted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 112(4)

F56 S. 10(8B)-(8E) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The EEA Passport Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1149), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 33(2)(b) (with reg. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C22 S. 10(4) amended (1.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1696, reg. 68, Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 22(1)

Relationship with other pension schemes U.K.

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

(1) Where this Part applies, or would, apart from section 13 below, apply, to a person—

(a) no other judicial pension scheme, apart from—

(i) any scheme established by regulations under section 10 above which may fall to be regarded as a judicial pension scheme, and

(ii) the scheme constituted by section 19 below, shall have effect in relation to him; and

(b) no pension or lump sum under any such scheme shall be paid to or in respect of him.

(2) Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to a person’s accrued rights to benefit under any such scheme in respect of service before the relevant day; and, in the case of a person to whom this Part applies, any such rights which he may have shall accordingly be given effect in accordance with section 12 below.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall not—

(a) preclude the payment of a pension or other benefits under—

(i) the principal civil service pension scheme, or

(ii) the principal civil service pension scheme for the civil service of Northern Ireland,

in respect of service before the relevant day, or

(b) affect any rights to a pension or other benefits under either of those schemes in respect of such service,

unless at least some of that service was in qualifying judicial office.

(4) In this section, the “relevant day”, in the case of any person, means the day on which this Part first applies, or would, apart from section 13(8)(a) below, first apply, to him.

[F57 (5) This section does not prevent a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 having effect in relation to a person.]

[F58 (6) This section does not prevent a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 having effect in relation to a person.]

Textual Amendments

F57 S. 11(5) inserted (1.4.2014) by Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 25), s. 41(2), Sch. 8 para. 17 (with Sch. 11 para. 8); S.I. 2014/839, art. 4(2)(i)

F58 S. 11(6) added (N.I.) (28.4.2014) by Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 2), s. 37(2), Sch. 8 para. 18; S.R. 2014/123, art. 2(1)(r)

12 Transfer of rights [F59 under judicial pension schemes]. U.K.

(1) Where this Part begins to apply to a person by virtue of paragraph (b), (c) [F60 , (d) or (e)] of section 1(1) above [F61 or by virtue of paragraph 11(4) of Schedule 9 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007]—

(a) any relevant rights of his shall be transferred to the scheme constituted by this Part; and

(b) F62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) Regulations may make provision—

(a) for calculating, whether by actuarial assessment or otherwise, the amount or value of the rights transferred under subsection (1) above, and

(b) prescribing the manner in which those rights are to be given effect under this Part,

and, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) above, regulations under that paragraph may provide for those rights to be so given effect by crediting the person in question with such service on or after the relevant day as may be prescribed.

(3) For the purposes of this section—

(a) a person’s “relevant rights” are his accrued rights to benefit under any judicial pension scheme constituted otherwise than by or under this Act; but

(b) rights under—

(i) the principal civil service pension scheme, or

(ii) the principal civil service pension scheme for the civil service of Northern Ireland,

shall not be regarded as relevant rights for the purposes of this section unless at least some of the person’s service which was subject to the scheme in question was service in qualifying judicial office and, in that event, all his rights under that scheme shall be regarded as relevant rights.

(4) In this section—

• “prescribe” means prescribe in regulations;

• “regulations” means regulations made by the appropriate Minister with the concurrence of the Treasury;

• “the relevant day”, in relation to any person, means the day on which this Part first applies to him.

Textual Amendments

F59 S. 12: words in side-note substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 17(2); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

F60 Words in s. 12(1) substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 17(1)(a); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

F61 Words in s. 12(1) inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 17(1)(b); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

F62 S. 12(1)(b) repealed (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2),146, 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 17(1)(c), {Sch. 23 Pt. 1}; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d)(i)(ii) (with art. 3)

[F63 12A Transfer of rights under other public service pension schemes U.K.

(1) Where this Part—

(a) begins, on or after the day on which this section comes into force, to apply to a person by virtue of section 1(1)(d) above, or

(b) begins to apply to a person—

(i) by virtue of section 1(1)(e) above, or

(ii) by virtue of paragraph 11(4) of Schedule 9 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007,

any relevant public service pension rights of his shall be transferred to the scheme constituted by this Part.

(2) Where a person's rights under a public service pension scheme are transferred under subsection (1) above—

(a) that scheme shall no longer have effect in relation to him, and

(b) no pension or lump sum under the scheme shall be paid to or in respect of him.

(3) Regulations may make provision—

(a) for calculating, whether by actuarial assessment or otherwise, the amount or value of the rights transferred under subsection (1) above, and

(b) prescribing the manner in which those rights are to be given effect under this Part.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) above, regulations under that paragraph may provide for rights transferred under subsection (1) above to be given effect by crediting the person in question with such service, on or after the day on which this Part first applies to the person, as may be prescribed.

(5) For the purposes of this section, a persons's “relevant public service pension rights” are the person's accrued rights to benefit under any public service pension scheme, but this is subject to subsections (6) to (8) below.

(6) A person's rights under a public service pension scheme are not “relevant public service pension rights” if the scheme is a judicial pension scheme other than—

(a) the principal civil service pension scheme, or

(b) the principal civil service pension scheme for the civil service of Northern Ireland.

(7) A person's rights—

(a) under the principal civil service pension scheme, or

(b) under the principal civil service pension scheme for the civil service of Northern Ireland,

are not “relevant public service pension rights” if they are transferred under section 12 above.

(8) A person's rights under a public service pension scheme are not “relevant public service pension rights” unless at least some of his service which was subject to the scheme was qualifying tribunal service and, in that event, all of his rights under the scheme shall be regarded as relevant public service pension rights.

(9) In this section—

• “prescribe” means prescribe in regulations;

• “public service pension scheme” means any public service pension scheme, as defined in—

  (a)

  section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, or

  (b)

  section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;

• “qualifying tribunal service” means—

  (a)

  service as, or as a member of, a tribunal specified in a list in Schedule 6 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 that has effect for the purposes of section 30 of that Act, or

  (b)

  service as an authorised decision-maker for a tribunal, within the meaning given by section 31(4) of that Act;

• “regulations” means regulations made by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Treasury.

Textual Amendments

F63 Ss. 12A, 12B inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 18; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

12B Rate of pension etc. where rights transferred under section 12 or 12A U.K.

Entitlement to, and the rate or amount of, any judicial pension or derivative benefit payable under this Part to or in respect of a person whose rights are transferred under section 12 or 12A above shall be determined by reference to—

(a) any rights of his that are transferred under section 12 above,

(b) any rights of his that are transferred under section 12A above, and

(c) his service in qualifying judicial office on or after the day on which this Part first applies to him.]

Textual Amendments

F63 Ss. 12A, 12B inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 18; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

13 Election for personal pension instead of judicial pension. U.K.

[F64 (1) A person to whom this Part applies, or to whom it would apply but for this section, may at any time serve on the appropriate Minister a written notice of election that this Part should not apply to him.

(1A) A person appointed to a qualifying judicial office may, at any time before beginning to serve in that office, serve on the appropriate Minister a written notice of election that this Part should not apply to him in relation to that office.

(1B) An election under this section—

(a) if made by notice under subsection (1) above, shall take effect on the date specified in the notice, which shall be not less than one month after service of the notice;

(b) if made by notice under subsection (1A) above, shall take effect when the person appointed begins to serve in that office.]

(2) An election made by a person under this section—

(a) shall be irrevocable, except as provided by the following provisions of this section; and

(b) shall not affect any rights of his which accrued under this Part before the election comes into force;

and, in accordance with section 2(7)(b)(iii) above, any service of his in qualifying judicial office while the election is in force shall be left out of account in determining the length of his service in such office for the purposes of this Part.

(3) Where an election under this section is in force and the person who made it continues to hold qualifying judicial office, he may make a written application to the appropriate Minister requesting that he should once again become a person to whom this Part applies.

(4) If, on an application under subsection (3) above, the appropriate Minister is satisfied that the applicant is in good health, he may direct that this Part shall once again apply to the applicant with effect from a date (his “date of re-admission”) not less than three months after service of the application.

(5) A person’s election under this section shall cease to be in force on his date of re-admission.

(6) An applicant under subsection (3) above shall—

(a) provide such evidence relating to his health, and

(b) submit to any such medical examination,

as may be reasonably required by the appropriate Minister.

(7) The appropriate Minister shall give written notice of his decision on an application under subsection (3) above to the applicant not later than three months after service of the application.

(8) Where an election (whenever made) under any of the corresponding provisions is in force in respect of a person on the relevant day—

(a) the election shall have effect for the purposes of this Part, and shall continue in force, as if made under this section; and

(b) if and so long as the election remains in force, the person shall be precluded from making an election under section 1(2) above;

but if, on an application under subsection (3) above in relation to the election, the appropriate Minister directs that this Part shall apply to that person, the election shall, in accordance with subsection (5) above, cease to be in force for the purposes of this Part (as well as for those of the Act or instrument containing the corresponding provision), paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall cease to have effect in relation to it, and the application shall have effect as the applicant’s election under section 1(2) above.

(9) In this section—

• “the corresponding provisions” means—

  (a)

  section 14A(3) of the 1981 Act;

  (b)

  section 116A(3) of the M3 County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959;

  (c)

  section 2A(3) of the M4 Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960;

  (d)

  section 2A(3) of the M5 Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964;

  (e)

  section 2A(1) of the M6 Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;

  (f)

  paragraph 7A(3) of Schedule 10 to the M7 Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975;

  and, in the case of any other judicial pension scheme, any provision of that scheme which [F65 confers a right on a person to elect that this Part shall not apply to him];

• F66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “the relevant day”, in the case of any person, means the day on which this Part first applies, or would, apart from any election under this section or the corresponding provisions, first apply to him.

Textual Amendments

F64 S. 13(1)-(1B) substituted (19.12.2003) for s. 13(1) by The Judicial Pensions (Election against Benefits) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2916), reg. 4(2) (with reg. 2(1)(3))

F65 S. 13(9): words in definition of "corresponding provisions" substituted (19.12.2003) by The Judicial Pensions (Election against Benefits) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2916), reg. 4(3) (with reg. 2(1)(3))

F66 S. 13(9): definition of "personal pension scheme" omitted (19.12.2003) by virtue of The Judicial Pensions (Election against Benefits) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2916), reg. 4(3) (with reg. 2(1)(3))

Marginal Citations

M3 1959 c. 25 (N.I.).

M4 1960 c. 2 (N.I.).

M5 1964 c. 29 (N.I.).

M6 1969 c. 7 (N.I.).

M7 1975 c. 15.

Supplemental provisions U.K.

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

(1) Not more than one pension shall be paid under section 2 above and the M8 Lord Chancellor’s Pension Act 1832 to a person to whom this Part applies who has also held the office of Lord Chancellor.

(2) In determining the appropriate annual rate of a pension payable under section 2 above to such a person as is mentioned in subsection (1) above who either—

(a) was holding the office of Lord Chancellor immediately before the appointed day, or

(b) first held that office on or after that day,

the length of his service in qualifying judicial office shall be treated as increased by the aggregate length of his periods of service in the office of Lord Chancellor (excluding any day of service in that office which is also a day of service in qualifying judicial office).

(3) Where a pension under the M9 Lord Chancellor’s Pension Act 1832 is, or would, but for his death, have been, paid to such a person as is mentioned in subsection (1) above (so that no derivative benefits are payable to or in respect of him under this Act) Part II of the 1981 Act shall continue to have effect with respect to the derivative benefits, within the meaning of that Part, which are payable to or in respect of him by virtue of his service in the office of Lord Chancellor, and shall do so notwithstanding anything in section 11 or 12 above.

(4) Except as provided by subsection (3) above, no pension or other benefit shall be paid under that Part of that Act to or in respect of a person to whom this Part applies.

Marginal Citations

M8 1832 c. 111.

M9 1832 c. 111.

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

Subject to sections 1(8) above and 21 below and to any regulations under section 38 or 39A of the M10 Superannuation Act 1965 (employment in more than one public office), nothing in this Part shall apply in relation to the pensions and other benefits payable to or in respect of a person in respect of his service as a Circuit judge by virtue of holding the office of Recorder of London or Common Serjeant; and accordingly—

(a) those matters shall continue to be provided for as mentioned in section 7 of the M11 City of London (Courts) Act 1964 (remuneration, pensions and other benefits in respect of those offices to be defrayed by the Common Council); and

(b) service as a Circuit judge by virtue of holding either of those offices shall not be regarded as service in qualifying judicial office.

Marginal Citations

M10 1965 c. 74.

M11 1964 c. iv.

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

In making any calculation for the purposes of sections 4 to 8 above, any abatement of a pension falling to be made under any order made under—

F67 [(a) section 141 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (modification of public service schemes) or section 143 of that Act (winding up of public service schemes);]

F68 [(b) section 137 or 139 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (corresponding Northern Ireland provisions);]

shall be left out of account.

Textual Amendments

F67 S. 16(a) substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 46(2) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F68 S. 16(b) substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 43(3); S.R. 1994/17, art.2

[F69 17 Effect of certain nullity decrees. U.K.

Where a marriage or civil partnership which is voidable, but not void from the beginning, is annulled by any court, the same results shall follow under this Part as would have followed if the marriage or the civil partnership had not been voidable but had been dissolved at the date of the annulment.]

Textual Amendments

F69 S. 17 substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 74

18 Continuity of tax treatment. U.K.

F70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F70 S. 18 ceased to have effect (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 5

[F71 PART 1A U.K. FEE-PAID JUDGES

Textual Amendments

F71 Pt. 1A inserted (3.3.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), ss. 78(1), 89(1)(c) (with s. 87)

18A Pension scheme for fee-paid judges U.K.

(1) The appropriate Minister may by regulations establish a scheme for the payment of pensions and other benefits to or in respect of fee-paid judges.

(2) The scheme may make provision for payments to or in respect of a person in relation to the person's service before the scheme is established.

(3) No benefits are to be provided under a new public service pension scheme in relation to service in relation to which benefits are to be provided under a scheme under this section.

“New public service pension scheme” means a scheme under—

(a) section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013, or

(b) section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 2).

F72 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F72 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) Regulations under this section may, in particular, include provision corresponding or similar to—

(a) any provision made by Part 1, section 20 or Schedule 2 or 2A;

(b) any provision that may be made by regulations under Part 1, section 20 or Schedule 2 or 2A.

(7) In this section—

• “judge” means a person who holds an office specified in the regulations;

• “fee-paid judge” means a judge whose service is remunerated by the payment of fees (as opposed to the payment of a salary).]

Textual Amendments

F72 S. 18A(4)(5) omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.4.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), ss. 88(7), 131(1)(2)(f)

Part II U.K. Miscellaneous, General and Supplementary Provisions

Additional benefits in respect of disregarded earnings U.K.

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

(1) This section applies in any case where—

(a) a pension or lump sum is payable under Part I above to or in respect of a person to whom that Part applies (the “judicial officer”); and

(b) the amount which constitutes the judicial officer’s pensionable pay is less than it would have been, had pension-capped salary fallen to be determined under section 3(3)(b) above, in his case, without the limit imposed by reference to the permitted maximum there mentioned;

but nothing in this subsection applies in relation to any additional benefits provided under section 10 above.

(2) Where this section applies, payments by way of pension or lump sum shall be made to or in respect of the judicial officer amounting to the difference between—

(a) the rate or amount payable in respect of the pension or lump sum referred to in subsection (1) above; and

(b) the rate or amount that would have been payable in respect of that pension or lump sum, had pension-capped salary fallen to be determined under section 3(3)(b) above, in his case, without the limit imposed by reference to the permitted maximum there mentioned.

(3) No contributions shall be payable under or by virtue of section 9 above in respect of the cost of the liability to make payments under this section.

(4) F73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) The appropriate Minister may by regulations make provision for implementing this section; and any such regulations may, in particular, make provision—

(a) for or with respect to the calculation of benefits under this section;

(b) for or with respect to the time at which and method by which payments under this section are to be made.

Textual Amendments

F73 S. 19(4) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 6

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C23 S. 19 applied (with modifications) (31.3.1995) by 1967 c. 13, Sch.1 para. 4(1) (as substituted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 2); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

S. 19 applied (with modifications) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5), art. 4A (as inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. IV para. 5(4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

S. 19 applied (with modifications) (31.3.1995) by 1969 c. 10 (N.I.), Sch.1A para. 4(1) (as inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. V para. 6(6); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

S. 19 extended (with modifications) (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7), art. 4(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(3)(4)

S. 19 extended (with modifications) (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I. 8), art. 5(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(3)(4)

General provisions connected with the new schemes U.K.

20 Appeals. U.K.

(1) If any person to whom this section applies is aggrieved by any decision taken by the administrators of a relevant pension scheme concerning—

(a) the interpretation of the rules of the scheme, or

(b) the exercise of any discretion under the scheme,

he shall have a right of appeal to the appropriate Minister against that decision.

(2) On deciding an appeal under this section, the appropriate Minister may give to the administrators such directions as he considers necessary or expedient for implementing his decision.

(3) The persons to whom this section applies are the following—

(a) any person to whom Part I above applies or has applied;

(b) the [F74 widow, widower or surviving civil partner], or any surviving dependant, of a person who served in qualifying judicial office but who has died; and

(c) where the decision relates to the question—

(i) whether a person who claims to be such a person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above is such a person, or

(ii) whether a person who claims to be entitled to become a person to whom Part I above applies is so entitled,

the person so claiming.

(4) Regulations may make provision as to the manner in which, and time within which, appeals under this section are to be brought.

(5) The administrators shall be entitled to appear and be heard on any appeal under this section.

(6) In this section—

• “regulations” means regulations made by the appropriate Minister;

• “relevant pension scheme” means any scheme constituted under or by virtue of Part I or section 19 above for the payment of pensions or other benefits;

• “rules”, in relation to a relevant pension scheme, means the provisions of Part I and section 19 above and of any regulations or orders made under or by virtue of that Part or that section.

Textual Amendments

F74 Words in s. 20(3)(b) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 75

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C24 S. 20 applied (with modifications) (31.3.1995) by 1967 c. 13, Sch.1 para. 4(1) (as substituted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch 4 Pt. II para. 2; S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

S. 20 applied (with modifications) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5), art.4A (as inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. IV para. 5(4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

S. 20 applied (with modifications) (31.3.1995) by 1969 c. 10 (N.I.), Sch.1A para. 4(1) (as inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. IV Pt. V para. 6(6); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

S. 20 extended (with modifications) (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7), art. 4(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(3)(4)

S. 20 extended (with modifications) (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I. 8), art. 5(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(3)(4)

21 Pensions payable to judicial officers etc. by local authorities in England and Wales. E+W

(1) This section applies in any case where—

(a) an order under section 1(8) above amends Schedule 1 to this Act by the addition of any office (“the office”) to those for the time being specified in that Schedule; and

(b) immediately before the coming into force of the order, a local authority was under a liability to defray, whether in whole or in part, pensions or other benefits payable in respect of service in the office.

(2) Where this section applies, the appropriate Minister may by order made with the consent of the Treasury—

(a) provide for the local authority to be discharged, to such extent as may be prescribed, from the liability to pay pensions or other benefits in respect of such service in the office as may be prescribed; and

(b) require the local authority instead to make prescribed payments to the Treasury.

(3) In framing the provisions of an order under subsection (2) above, regard shall be had to the desirability of securing so far as reasonably practicable—

(a) that the payments required to be made by the local authority are such as to reimburse the Treasury in respect of so much of—

(i) any pension or lump sum payable under Part I above, or

to or in respect of any person to whom Part I above applies as may reasonably be regarded as attributable to his service in the office; and

(b) that the local authority is discharged, to a corresponding extent, from the liability to pay any pension or other benefit to or in respect of such a person in respect of his service in the office.

(4) In this section—

• “local authority” means any county council, [F75 county borough council,] district council, London Borough Council or the Common Council of the City of London;

• “prescribed” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, an order under subsection (2) above.

(5) Nothing in this section applies in relation to any pension or other benefits payable under or by virtue of section 10 above.

Textual Amendments

F75 Words in s. 21(4) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 100 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 para. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2

22 Application of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971. E+W+S

(1) In the M12 Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, in Schedule 2 (which specifies the pensions and other benefits which fall to be increased under or by virtue of that Act) after paragraph 4 (and beneath the heading relating to the administration of justice) there shall be inserted—

“4A A pension payable under Part I or section 19 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993, other than a pension payable under or by virtue of section 10 of that Act.”

(2) The pensions in relation to which the M13 Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 extends to Northern Ireland shall include [F76 —

(a)] pensions payable under Part I or section 19 above, other than pensions payable under or by virtue of section 10 above; and, accordingly, in section 19(2)(a) of that Act, after the words “Pension Fund” there shall be inserted the words “ or payable under Part I or section 19 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (otherwise than under or by virtue of section 10 of that Act) ”.[F77 ; and

(b) pensions payable under a scheme made under section 18A above, other than pensions payable under or by virtue of provision that is corresponding or similar to the provision that may be made by regulations under section 10 above.]

(3) In subsection (2) above, “pensions” has the same meaning as it has in the Pensions M14 (Increase) Act 1971.

Textual Amendments

F76 Word in s. 22(2) inserted (3.3.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(1)(c), Sch. 5 para. 5(a) (with s. 87)

F77 S. 22(2)(b) and word inserted (3.3.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(1)(c), Sch. 5 para. 5(b) (with s. 87)

Marginal Citations

M12 1971 c. 56.

M13 1971 c. 56.

M14 1971 c. 56.

23 Transfer of accrued benefits. U.K.

Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the transfer of accrued rights into and out of the pension schemes constituted by Part I or section 19 above (other than any such transfer which falls to be made under section 12 [F78 or 12A] above).

Textual Amendments

F78 Words in s. 23 inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 19; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C25 S. 23 applied (with modifications) (31.3.1995) by 1967 c. 13, Sch.1 para. 4(1) (as substituted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 pt. II para. 2; S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

S. 23 applied (with modifications) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5), art.4A (as inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c.8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. IV para. 5(4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

S. 23 applied (with modifications) (31.3.1995) by 1969 c. 10 (N.I.), Sch.1A para. 4(1) (as inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. V para. 6(6); S.I 1995/631, art. 2)

S. 23 extended (with modifications) (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7), art. 4(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(3)(4)

S. 23 extended (with modifications) (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I. 8), art. 5(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(3)(4)

[F79 23A Pension credits U.K.

Schedule 2A to this Act shall have effect with respect to the creation and implementation of pension credits affecting a pension scheme constituted by Part I or Section 19 of this Act.]

Textual Amendments

F79 S. 23A inserted (1.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/2986, reg. 2

24 Corresponding minor amendments to other enactments. U.K.

Schedule 3 to this Act (which makes certain minor amendments corresponding to provisions of this Act) shall have effect.

Pensions for senior public investigative officers U.K.

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

The amendments made by Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect, as from the coming into force of this section, with respect to the pensions and other benefits payable to or in respect of a person (whenever appointed) who holds, or has held, any one or more of the following offices, that is to say—

(a) Comptroller and Auditor General;

(b) Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration;

(c) Health Service Commissioner for England;

(d) F80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) Health Service Commissioner for Wales;

(f) Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland;

F81 (g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F82 (h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F80 S. 25(d) omitted (14.7.2004) by virtue of The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1823), art. 15

F81 S. 25(g) repealed (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I. 8), art. 21(2), Sch. 6

F82 S. 25(h) repealed (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7), art. 23(2), Sch. 5

Retirement date for certain judicial officers etc U.K.

26 Retirement date for holders of certain judicial offices etc. U.K.

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, a person holding any of the offices for the time being specified in Schedule 5 to this Act (a “relevant office”) shall vacate that office on the day on which he attains the age of [F83 75] or such lower age as may for the time being be specified for the purpose in the enactments and instruments relating to that office, whenever passed or made.

(2) Any reference in this section to a person’s holding an office includes a reference to his being a member of, or otherwise included in, any panel or list of persons appointed, nominated, approved or otherwise selected to serve from time to time in that office (whether or not the panel or list is required by or under any enactment); and any reference in this section or Schedule 5 to this Act to any particular office or to an office of any class or description, or to a person’s appointment to, or vacation of, an office, shall be construed accordingly.

(3) Subject to the transitional provision referred to in subsection (11) below, subsection (1) above applies whether the person was appointed to the office before or after the coming into force of this section; but nothing in this Act, or in any amendment made by it, shall be taken—

(a) to preclude a person from vacating his office before the compulsory retirement date for that office in his case; or

(b) to prevent a person’s appointment to an office coming to an end before that date, in accordance with the terms on which he was appointed.

F84 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F84 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F84 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7) After the day on which a person attains the age of 75, he shall not hold any relevant office nor shall he—

(a) be a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council F85 . . . ;

[F86 (b) act as a judge of the Supreme Court under section 38 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005;]

(c) act as a judge under or by virtue of section 9(1) of the M15 [F87 Senior Courts Act 1981];

F88 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) sit and act as a judge under or by virtue of section 7 of the M16 Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978;

F89 (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F90 (g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F91 (ga) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h) hold any office—

(i) to which appointments are made by or under any Act or statutory instrument;

(ii) for which there would, apart from this paragraph, be no compulsory retirement date; and

(iii) for appointment to which only persons who have held relevant office are eligible;

and this subsection applies whether or not the person was invited to act as a judge, or was appointed to the office in question, or to some other office by virtue of which he would (apart from this subsection) hold the office in question, before the appointed day.

(8) After the day on which a person attains the age of [F92 75], he shall not be appointed or re-appointed as—

(a) F93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F94 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) an assessor assisting with an inquiry under section [F95 61 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995];

F96 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F97 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F97 (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g) an arbitrator, or (in Scotland) an arbiter, under paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 10 to the M17 Electricity Act 1989;

F98 (h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F97 (j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9) The appropriate Minister may by order—

(a) amend Schedule 5 to this Act by adding offices to those for the time being specified in that Schedule; or

(b) amend subsection (8) above by adding offices to those for the time being specified in that subsection.

(10) As from the appointed day, the enactments and instruments mentioned in Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect with the amendments specified in that Schedule; but those amendments are subject to section 27 below and Schedule 7 to this Act.

F99 (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(12) In this section—

• “the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 31 below for the coming into force of this section;

• F100 ...

• “the compulsory retirement date” for an office means the day on which a holder of that office is or, apart from any continuation power, would be required by any enactment or statutory instrument to vacate that office, being either—

  (a)

  the day on which he attains a particular age; or

  (b)

  a day falling to be determined by reference to his attaining a particular age;

• “continuation power” means a power conferred by an enactment or statutory instrument on a Minister of the Crown to authorise the holder of an office to continue in that office until a later day than that on which, apart from any exercise of the power, he would be required by any enactment or statutory instrument to vacate that office;

and any reference to vacating an office includes a reference to retiring from it.

F101 (12A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F101 (12B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F101 (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F101 (13A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F101 (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F101 (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F101 (16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F101 (17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F83 Word in s. 26(1) substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(2)(a) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F84 S. 26(4)-(6) omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(2)(b) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F85 Words in s. 26(7)(a)(b) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 146, 148, Sch. 4 para. 228(3), Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 11, 30

F86 S. 26(7)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 38(3), 148; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(a)

F87 Words in s. 26 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

F88 S. 26(7)(d) omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(2); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F89 S. 26(7)(f) omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(2); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F90 S. 26(7)(g) omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(2); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F91 S. 26(7)(ga) omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(2); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F92 Word in s. 26(8) substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(2)(c)(i) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F93 S. 26(8)(a) repealed (25.7.2003 for specified purposes and 29.12.2003 for further specified purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 406(7), 411(2), Sch. 19(1), Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 2(1), 3, Sch. 1; S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3

F94 S. 26(8)(b) repealed (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (with reg. 1(3))

F95 Words in s. 26(8)(c) substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316(2), Sch. 13 para.93(a) (with s. 312(1))

F96 S. 26(8)(d) repealed (29.11.1999) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(2), Sch. 7; S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1

F97 S. 26(8)(e)(f)(j) repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 113

F98 S. 26(8)(h) omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(2)(c)(ii) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F99 S. 26(11) omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 13(2); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F100 Words in s. 26(12) omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(2)(d) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F101 S. 26(12A)-(17) omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(2)(e) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C26 S. 26 modified (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 105, 108(3), Sch. 14 Pt. V para. 25 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))

C27 S. 26 applied (28.4.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), ss. 107(3), 136(2), Sch. 9 para. 1(3) (with s. 129); S.I. 2003/1028, art. 2(a)

C28 S. 26(1) applied (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3192, art. 4(a)

C29 S. 26(1) modified (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 5(3); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

C30 S. 26(3)(11) restricted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3192, art. 4(b)(i)(ii)

C31 S. 26(4)-(6) restricted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3192, art. 5

C32 S. 26(5)(6) applied (18.3.2008) by Charities Act 1993 (c. 10), Sch. 1B para. 4 (as inserted by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), ss. 8, 79, Sch. 3 para. 1; S.I. 2008/751, {art. 2,} Sch. (subject to arts. 3-12))

C33 S. 26(5)(6) applied (N.I.) (25.9.2009) by Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 12) (N.I), ss. 12(2), 185, {Sch. 2 para. 4(2)}; S.R. 2009/324, art. 2

C34 S. 26(5)(6) applied (with modifications) (24.2.2020) by The Victims Payments Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/103), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(6)

Marginal Citations

M15 1981 c. 54.

M16 1978 c. 23.

M17 1989 c. 29.

27 Completion of proceedings after retirement. U.K.

(1) Notwithstanding that a person has vacated or otherwise ceased to hold an office to which this section applies—

(a) he may act as if he had not ceased to hold the office for the purpose of continuing to deal with, giving judgment in, or dealing with any ancillary matter relating to, any case begun before him before he ceased to hold that office; and

(b) for that purpose, and for the purpose of any proceedings arising out of any such case or matter, he shall be treated as being or, as the case may be, as having been a holder of that office;

but nothing in this subsection shall authorise him to do anything if he ceased to hold the office by virtue of his removal from it.

(2) Where a person has vacated or otherwise ceased to hold a qualifying judicial office but the office in question is one to which this section applies, then, notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, any remuneration that may be paid in respect of service of his in that office by virtue of that subsection shall be remuneration by payment of fees (and not a salary) and accordingly that service shall not be regarded as service in qualifying judicial office.

(3) The offices to which this section applies are—

(a) any relevant office, within the meaning of section 26 above;

(b) any office falling within any of the paragraphs of subsection (7) of that section;

(c) Queen’s Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals;

(d) Vice Judge Advocate General;

(e) Assistant Judge Advocate General;

F102 (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F103 (ff) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g) Chairman of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

[F104 (h) Chief Coroner;

(i) Deputy Chief Coroner;

(j) senior coroners, area coroners and assistant coroners;

(k) traffic commissioners.]

(4) If and to the extent that any prohibition imposed by subsection (7) of section 26 above would not, apart from this subsection, be regarded as a prohibition on the holding of an office, it shall be treated for the purposes of this section as if it were such a prohibition, and references in this section to office, or to vacating or otherwise ceasing to hold office, shall be construed accordingly.

Textual Amendments

F102 S. 27(3)(f) repealed (1.10.2001) by 2001 c. 19, ss. 34, 38, Sch. 6 Pt. 2 para. 10, Sch. 7 Pt. 3; S.I. 2001/3234, art. 2 (subject to art. 3)

F103 S. 27(3)(ff) repealed (S.) (30.5.2014) by The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Part-time Sheriff, Stipendiary Magistrate and Justice of the Peace) Order 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/155), arts. 1(2), 2(2)

F104 S. 27(3)(h)-(k) inserted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 10.5.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(b)(i), Sch. 1 para. 25(3) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

Miscellaneous and supplementary provisions U.K.

28 Payments charged on Consolidated Fund etc. U.K.

(1) There shall be charged on, and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund—

(a) any pension or lump sum under Part I above payable to or in respect of a person who has held any of the qualifying judicial offices specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act; and

(b) any payments by way of pension or lump sum authorised under section 19 above to be made to or in respect of such a person.

(2) Except as provided by subsection (1) above—

(a) any pension or lump sum payable under Part I above,

[F105 (aa) any pension or other benefits payable under a scheme made under section 18A above,] and

(b) any payment authorised to be made under section 19 above,

shall be met out of money provided by Parliament.

(3) There shall be charged on, and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums charged on, and payable out of, that Fund by or under any other enactment.

(4) There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other enactment.

(5) Any administrative expenses incurred under this Act by a Minister of the Crown or government department shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament.

(6) Any sums received by the Treasury under section 21 above shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

(7) Nothing in this section applies in relation to any pension or other benefits payable under or by virtue of [F106 —

(a) section 10 above, or

(b) provision made under section 18A above that is corresponding or similar to the provision that may be made by regulations under section 10 above.]

Textual Amendments

F105 S. 28(2)(aa) inserted (3.3.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(1)(c), Sch. 5 para. 6(2) (with s. 87)

F106 Words in s. 28(7) substituted (3.3.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(1)(c), Sch. 5 para. 6(3) (with s. 87)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C35 S. 28(6) modified (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/633, art. 7(1) (with art. 11)

[F107 28A Northern Ireland U.K.

The Lord Chancellor and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may make arrangements under which the Department is to make contributions to the cost of the liabilities under this Act for pensions, lump sums or other payments in respect of persons' service in qualifying judicial office in Northern Ireland [F108 or as a fee-paid judge in Northern Ireland (within the meaning given by section 18A)] .]

Textual Amendments

F107 S. 28A inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 49 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

F108 Words in s. 28A inserted (3.3.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(1)(c), Sch. 5 para. 7 (with s. 87)

29 Regulations and orders. U.K.

(1) Any power conferred by this Act to make regulations or an order shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) A statutory instrument which contains (whether alone or with other provisions) regulations or an order under this Act, other than [F109 regulations under section 18A above or] an order under section 31(2) below, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

[F110 (2A) A statutory instrument which contains regulations under section 18A may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.]

(3) Any power conferred by this Act to make regulations or an order includes power, exercisable in the same manner, to make such transitional, consequential, supplementary or incidental provision or savings as may appear to the authority making the regulations or order to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of, or in connection with, the regulations or order.

(4) The provision that may be made under or by virtue of subsection (3) above includes provision modifying the operation of this Act or any other enactment.

(5) The amendment by this Act of any provision contained in regulations or an order shall not be taken to have prejudiced any power to make further regulations or orders amending or revoking that provision.

(6) Regulations and orders under this Act may make different provision for different cases or classes of case.

Textual Amendments

F109 Words in s. 29(2) inserted (3.3.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(1)(c), Sch. 5 para. 8(2) (with s. 87)

F110 S. 29(2A) inserted (3.3.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(1)(c), Sch. 5 para. 8(3) (with s. 87)

30 Interpretation. U.K.

(1) In this Act—

• “the 1981 Act” means the M18 Judicial Pensions Act 1981;

• “actuarially reduced” has the meaning given by section 2(7)(e) above;

• “the administrators”, in relation to a pension scheme, means the persons entrusted with the administration of the scheme;

• “appropriate annual rate”, in relation to a judicial pension, shall be construed in accordance with section 3 above;

• “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) above, the Lord Chancellor;

• “children’s pension” has the meaning given by section 6 above;

• “commence to be paid”, in relation to any judicial pension, shall be construed in accordance with section 2(7)(d) above;

• “the deceased”, in connection with any surviving spouse’s [F111 , surviving civil partner's] or children’s pension, shall be construed in accordance with section 5 or 6 above, as the case may be;

• “derivative benefit” means a lump sum under section 4 above or a surviving spouse’s [F112 , surviving civil partner's] or children’s pension;

• “eligible children”, in relation to the deceased, shall be construed in accordance with section 6 above;

• “judicial pension” means a pension under section 2 above;

• “judicial pension scheme” means any public service pension scheme, as defined in—

  (a)

  [F113 section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993], or

  (b)

  [F114 section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993],

  under which pensions and other benefits are payable in respect of service in one or more qualifying judicial offices (whether or not in respect of service in such offices alone);

• “pensionable pay” has the meaning given by section 3(3) above;

• “pension-capped salary” has the meaning given by section 3(3) above;

• “the principal civil service pension scheme” means a scheme made under section 1 of the M19 Superannuation Act 1972 which is the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of section 2 of that Act;

• “the principal civil service pension scheme for the civil service of Northern Ireland” means a scheme made under Article 3 of the M20 Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 which is the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of Article 4 of that Order;

• “qualifying judicial office” has the meaning given by section 1(6) above;

• “serve” and “service”, in relation to qualifying judicial office, shall be construed in accordance with section 1(6) above;

• “stipendiary magistrate”, in England and Wales, includes a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate;

• [F115 “surviving civil partner's pension” has the meaning given by section 5 above; ]

• “surviving spouse’s pension” has the meaning given by section 5 above.

[F116 (1A) For the purposes of section 26(12)(f), (16) and (17), and the related entry in Schedule 5, “Scottish Tribunals” or “President of Tribunals” is to be construed in accordance with the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014.]

(2) In the case of a person who has retired from qualifying judicial office on more than one occasion, references in this Act to his retirement from such office are references to the last of those occasions.

(3) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be regarded as vacating, or retiring from, an office at the end of the last day of his service in that office.

(4) Any reference in this Act to a pension or lump sum, or any salary or other money, being paid or payable to a person includes a reference to its being paid or payable for him.

(5) In determining for any purpose of this Act the accrued rights of a person under a judicial pension scheme which confers a power (but does not expressly impose a duty) to pay a pension or other benefit under the scheme, it shall be assumed that there is a duty to exercise the power (and to do so in such a way as will provide the greatest pension or other benefit authorised to be paid).

(6) Where a calculation falls to be performed under this Act, any resulting fraction of £1 shall be rounded up to the next whole £1.

Textual Amendments

F111 S. 30(1): words in definition of "the deceased" inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 76(2)(a)

F112 S. 30(1): words in definition of "derivative benefit" inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 76(2)(b)

F113 Words in s. 30(1) substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 46(4) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F114 Words in s. 30(1) substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 43(4); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

F115 S. 30(1): definition of "surviving civil partner's pension" inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 76(2)(c)

F116 S. 30(1A) inserted (S.) (1.4.2015) by Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 10), s. 83(2), sch. 9 para. 11(3) (with sch. 9 para. 8); S.S.I. 2015/116, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M18 1981 c. 20.

M19 1972 c. 11.

M20 S.I. 1972/1073 (N.I. 10).

31 Short title, supplementary provisions and extent. U.K.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993.

(2) The provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the appropriate Minister may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different provisions or for different purposes of the same provision.

(3) The enactments and instruments mentioned in Schedule 8 to this Act shall have effect with the amendments there specified (being minor amendments and amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act).

(4) The enactments and instruments specified in Schedule 9 to this Act are repealed or revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(5) Section 21 above extends to England and Wales only.

(6) The amendments, repeals and revocations in section 22 above and Schedules 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9 to this Act have the same extent as the enactment or instrument to which they relate.

(7) Subject to subsections (5) and (6) above, this Act extends to Northern Ireland.

Subordinate Legislation Made

P1 S. 31(2) power fully exercised (7.3.1995): 31.3.1995 appointed by S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

SCHEDULES

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. The offices which may be qualifying judicial offices

Part I U.K. Judges

• [F117 Judge of the Supreme Court]

• Lord Chief Justice of England

• Master of the Rolls

• Lord President of the Court of Session

• Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland

• Lord Justice Clerk

• Lord Justice of Appeal (in England and Wales or Northern Ireland)

• [F118 President of the Queen's Bench Division

• President of the Family Division

• Chancellor of the High Court ]

• High Court Judge (in England and Wales or Northern Ireland)

• Judge of the Court of Session

• [F119 Recorder of London

• Common Serjeant]

• Circuit judge

• [F120 Sheriff Principal, sheriff or summary sheriff in Scotland]

• County Court Judge in Northern Ireland

• [F121 District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)]

• [F122 Stipendiary Magistrate (in England and Wales or Scotland)]

• Resident Magistrate appointed under the M21 Magistrates’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964.

Textual Amendments

F117 Sch. 1 Pt. 1: entry substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 37(2), 148; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2

F118 Sch. 1 Pt. 1: entries substituted (1.10.2005) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 229; S.I. 2005/2505, art. 2(c)

F119 Entries in Sch. 1 Pt. I inserted (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/633, art. 3 (with art. 11)

F120 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I substituted (2.3.2015) by The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/109), arts. 1, 2(a)

F121 Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. I inserted (31.8.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 78, Sch. 11 paras. 39, 40 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2000/1920, art. 3(a)

F122 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I substituted (2.3.2015) by The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/109), arts. 1, 2(b)

Marginal Citations

M21 1964 c. 21 (N.I.).

Part II U.K. Other appointments

Court officers U.K.

• Master, Queen’s Bench Division

• Queen’s Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals

• Admiralty Registrar

• Master, Chancery Division

• [F123 Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court] [F123 Insolvency and Companies Court Judge]

• Taxing Master of the [F124 Senior Courts]

• District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division

• Registrar of civil appeals

• F125 . . .

• District judge

• [F126 Coroner appointed under section 2(1) of the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 ]

• Any of the offices from time to time specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to the M22 Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 F127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F123 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II substituted (E.W.) (26.2.2018) by The Alteration of Judicial Titles (Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/130), art. 1, Sch. para. 9(a)

F124 Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 4; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2

F125 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: reference to a Master of the Court of Protection omitted (with saving) (1.10.2007) by virtue of Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9), ss. 67(1), 68(1)-(3), Sch. 6 para. 38(2) (with ss. 27, 28, 29, 62); S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2

F126 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry inserted (3.4.2006) by The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/391), art. 2

F127 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: words in entry repealed (1.5.2004) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(3), 110(1), Sch. 10; S.I. 2004/1104, art. 3(h)(iii)

Marginal Citations

M22 1978 c. 23.

Members of tribunals U.K.

• Chief or other Social Security Commissioner, excluding appointments in pursuance of [F128 paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Act 1998]

• Chief or other Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland, excluding appointments in pursuance of section 50(2) of the M23 Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

• F129 . . .

• Chief or other Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland, excluding appointments in pursuance of paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Child M24 Support Act 1991 as that paragraph has effect by virtue of paragraph 8 of that Schedule

• [F130 President of appeal tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter I of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998), appointed under section 5 of that Act]

• [F131 President of appeal tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter I of Part II of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998) appointed under Article 6 of that Order]

• [F132 Chairman of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals]

• [F133 Chairman of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals in Northern Ireland]

• F134 . . .

• F135 . . .

• President of the [F136 Employment Tribunals] (England and Wales)

• President of the [F136 Employment Tribunals] (Scotland)

• President or Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal, appointed under [F137 Article 82 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998]

• [F138 Employment Judge] appointed in pursuance of regulations under [F139 section 1(1) of the [F140 Employment Tribunals Act 1996]]

• Chairman of industrial tribunals or of the Fair Employment Tribunal appointed in pursuance of regulations under [F141 Article 3 of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996] or appointed under [F142 Article 82(1)(c) of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998]

• President or other member of F143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the Lands Tribunal for Scotland or the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland

• [F144 President of the Competition Commission Appeal Tribunals]

• [F145 President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal ]

• F146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F147 Chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales

• President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales ]

• [F148 President or Deputy President of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal ]

• F149 . . .

• F150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F152 . . .

• [F153 Judge or other member of the First-tier Tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(1) or 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

• Judge or other member of the Upper Tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(1) or 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

• Transferred-in judge, or transferred-in other member, of the First-tier Tribunal or of the Upper Tribunal (see section 31(2) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007)

• Senior President of Tribunals

• Chamber President, or Deputy Chamber President, of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal or of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal]

• [F154 President of the Valuation Tribunal for England appointed under paragraph A7(1) of Schedule 11 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 ]

Textual Amendments

F128 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II substituted (in force for specified purposes at 6.9.1999 and 5.10.1999 respectively and in force at 29.11.1999 in so far as not already in force except for specified purposes) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 123(1)(a); S.I. 1999/2422, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 14); S.I. 1999/2739, art. 2, Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2); S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)

F129 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: first entry beginning "Chief or other Child Support Commissioner" omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 109(a)

F130 Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. II substituted (1.6.1999) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 123(1)(b); S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(g)(vii)

F131 Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. II substituted (29.11.1999 except for specified purposes) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 92(1); S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 20-22)

F132 Entry in Sch 1 Pt. II repealed (in force for specified purposes at 18.10.1999 so far as relating to chairmen of disability appeal tribunals and in force at 29.11.1999 in so far as not already in force except for specified purposes) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 123(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 16-18); S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)

F133 Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. II repealed (29.11.1999 except for specified purposes) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 92(2), Sch. 7; S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 20-22)

F134 Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. II repealed (1.6.1999) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1)(2), Sch. 7 para. 123(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(g)(viii)

F135 Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. II repealed (1.6.1999) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 92(2), Sch. 7; S.R. 1999/246, art. 2, Sch. 1

F136 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, ss. 1(2)(b), 16; S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch.

F137 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II substituted (1.3.1999) by S.I.1998/3162 (N.I. 21), art. 105(1), Sch. 3; S.R. 1999/81, art. 3(1)

F138 Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 14 para. 13(2); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(g)

F139 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II substituted (E.W.S) (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 43, 46, Sch. 1 para. 10(2) (with s. 38)

F140 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, ss. 1(2)(c), 16; S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch.

F141 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II substituted (24.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/1921 (N.I. 18), art. 26, Sch. 1 para. 9(a)

F142 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II substituted (1.3.1999) by S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 21), art. 105(1), Sch. 3; S.R. 1999/81, art. 3(1)

F143 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: words in entry omitted (1.6.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 248 (with Sch. 5)

F144 Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. II inserted (1.10.1999) by S.I. 1999/2283, art. 2

F145 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: entry inserted (9.2.2005) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993) (Consequential Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/53), art. 2(1)

F146 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry relating to "chairman of a Mental Health Tribunal for England" omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 109(b)

F147 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entries inserted (25.2.2008) by The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/171), art. 2

F148 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry inserted (17.12.2004) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 102(4), 322(1), Sch. 4 para. 17(2); S.I. 2004/3350, art. 2, Sch.

F149 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry relating to "President of the Gambling Appeals Tribunal" omitted (18.1.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), arts. 1(1), 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 17

F150 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry relating to "Asylum Support Adjudicator" omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 109(c)

F151 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry relating to the "President of the Charity Tribunal" omitted (1.9.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions of the Charity Tribunal Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1834), art. 4(1), Sch. 1 para. 5 (with transitional and saving provisions in Sch. 4)

F152 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry relating to "President of the tribunal constituted under section 9 of Protection of Children Act 1999 [etc.]" omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 109(d)

F153 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entries inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(1), 148(5), Sch. 8 para. 31(5); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(c)(i) (with art. 3)

F154 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry inserted (12.12.2008) by The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) (No.2) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2947), art. 2

Marginal Citations

M23 1992 c. 8.

M24 1992 c. 48.

Other offices whose holders are appointed by the Lord Chancellor U.K.

• Judge Advocate General

• Vice Judge Advocate General

• Assistant Judge Advocate General

• Deputy Judge Advocate

• F155 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F156 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F157 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F159 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• President [F160 or Deputy President] of the pensions appeal tribunals established under the M25 Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943

• President or chairman of the Transport Tribunal

• F161 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F162 Member of a panel constituted under section 6(1) of the M26 Social Security Act 1998 F163 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Member of a panel constituted under Article 7(1) of the M27 Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 F164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

• F165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F155 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry relating to "Judge Advocate of Her Majesty's Fleet" repealed (1.1.2008) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(2), 383(2), Sch. 17; S.I. 2007/2913, art. 3 (with art. 4(3))

F156 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry relating to "President or Vice-President of Value Added Tax Tribunals" omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 190(a)

F157 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry relating to "Chairman of value added tax tribunals" omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 190(b)

F158 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry relating to "Commissioner for the special purposes of the Income Tax Acts appointed under section 4 of the Taxes Management Act 1970" omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 190(c)

F159 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry relating to "the President or other member of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal" omitted (15.2.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/21), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 12 (with Sch. 4)

F160 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II inserted (7.6.2002 with application as mentioned in art. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Judicial Pensions (Pensions Appeal Tribunals) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1347), art. 3

F161 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: Entry relating to "President or Deputy President of the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal" omitted (6.4.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), arts. 1(2)(e), 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 17

F162 Entries in Sch. 1 Pt. II added (1.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1454, art. 2

F163 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: words in entry omitted (8.12.2003) by virtue of The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Qualifying Judicial Offices) (Amendment) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2775), art. 2(a)

F164 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: words in entry omitted (8.12.2003) by virtue of The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Qualifying Judicial Offices) (Amendment) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2775), art. 2(b)

F165 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 223(a) (with Sch. 3)

Marginal Citations

M25 1943 c. 39.

M26 1998 c. 14.

M27 S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10).

Other offices U.K.

• Chairman of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board incorporated under section 108(1) of the M28 Criminal Justice Act 1988

• Chairman of the Foreign Compensation Commission

• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court

• President of the Industrial Court appointed in pursuance of Article 91 of the M29 Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

• F166 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F166 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 223(b) (with Sch. 3)

Marginal Citations

M28 1988 c. 33.

M29 S.I. 1992/807 (N.I. 5).

Section 5

[F167 SCHEDULE 1A U.K. SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNER'S PENSION: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Textual Amendments

F167 Sch. 1A inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 77

The commencement date U.K.

1 U.K. In this Schedule “the commencement date” means 5th December 2005.

Service wholly before the commencement date U.K.

2 U.K. No surviving civil partner's pension shall be payable in respect of a person who retires from qualifying judicial office before the commencement date.

Service partly before and partly on the commencement date U.K.

3 (1) The annual rate of a surviving civil partner's pension in respect of a person who— U.K.

(a) holds qualifying judicial office before the commencement date; and

(b) continues to do so on that date,

shall be calculated in accordance with section 5.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if, within, 6 months of the formation of the civil partnership, the person elects for the annual rate of the surviving civil partner's pension to be calculated under sub-paragraph (3).

(3) Where the annual rate of a surviving civil partner's pension falls to be calculated under this sub-paragraph, that pension shall be calculated in accordance with section 5, but solely for the purpose of this sub-paragraph, the annual rate of the deceased's judicial pension shall be deemed to be that to which he would have been entitled had he first been appointed to qualifying judicial office on the commencement date.

(4) An election under sub-paragraph (2) must be made in writing to the administrators.

(5) An election under sub-paragraph (2) is irrevocable.]

Section 23.

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Transfer of accrued benefits

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C36 Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) (31.3.1995) by 1967 c. 13, Sch.1 para. 4(1) (as substituted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 2; S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5), art.4A (as inserted (31.5.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. IV para. 5(4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) (31.3.1995) by 1969 c. 10 (N.I.), Sch.1A para. 4(1) (as inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. V para. 6(6); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

Sch. 2 extended (with modifications) (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I. 8), art. 5(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(3)(4)

Sch. 2 extended (with modifications) (16.7.1996) by S.I 1996/1297 (N.I. 7), art. 4(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(3)(4)

Part I U.K. General

Interpretation U.K.

1 [F168 (1)] In this Schedule— U.K.

• [F169 “authorised insurer” means—

  (i)

  a person who has permission under [F170 Part 4A] of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of long-term insurance, F171 ...

  (ii)

  F171 ...]

• “contracted-out scheme” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Part III of [F172 the Pension Schemes Act 1993] and, in relation to Northern Ireland, [F173 Part III of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993];

• “disregarded service”, in relation to any member of a scheme, means any period of service in qualifying judicial office during which an election under, or an election having effect as if made under, section 13 of this Act is in force in respect of the qualifying member;

• “guaranteed minimum pension” has the same meaning as in the [F172 the Pension Schemes Act 1993] and, in relation to Northern Ireland, [F174 Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993];

• “member”, in relation to a scheme, means a person to whom Part I of this Act applies or has applied;

• “normal pension age” means the earliest age at which, if his service in qualifying judicial office had continued until retirement at that age, a member of the scheme constituted by Part I of this Act might have been entitled to receive a pension under the scheme at the appropriate annual rate (otherwise than by reason of infirmity of mind or body);

• “occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by [F175 section 1] of [F172 the Pension Schemes Act 1993] or, in relation to Northern Ireland, Article 2(2) of the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975;

• “personal pension scheme” has the meaning given by [F176 section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993] or, in relation to Northern Ireland, [F177 section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993];

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;

• [F178 [F179 “protected rights” has the same meaning as in the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;]]

• “qualifying member” means a person to whom Part II of this Schedule applies;

• “qualifying service” means the service by reference to which a qualifying member’s entitlement to benefit under the scheme is calculated; and

• “scheme” means the relevant occupational pension scheme constituted by Part I or section 19 of this Act.

[F180 (2) The definition of “authorised insurer” in sub-paragraph (1) must be read with—

(a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

(b) any relevant order under that section;

(c) Schedule 2 to that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F168 Sch. 2 para. 1 re-numbered as para. 1(1) (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 114(2)

F169 Definition of “authorised insurer” in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) substituted (1.12.2001) for the definition of “authorised insurance company” by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 114(3)

F170 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 18 para. 75(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F171 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The EEA Passport Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1149), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 33(3) (with reg. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F172 Sch. 2 para. 1: words in the definition of “guaranteed minimum pension” substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 46(5)(a)(i) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F173 Sch. 2 para. 1: words in the definition of “contracted-out scheme” substituted (N.I) (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 43(5)(a)(i); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

F174 Sch. 2 para. 1: words in the definitions of “guaranteed minimum pension” and "protected rights" substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 43(5)(a)(ii); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

F175 Sch. 2 para. 1: words in the definition of “occupational pension scheme” substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 46(5)(a)(ii) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F176 Sch. 2 para. 1: words in the definition of “personal pension scheme” substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, ss. 190, 193(2), Sch. 8 para. 46(5)(a)(iii) (with s. 6(8); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F177 Sch. 2 para. 1: words in the definition of “personal pension scheme” substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 43(5)(a)(iii); S.R. 1994/17

F178 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) omitted (N.I.) (6.4.2012) by virtue of The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/124), arts. 1(b), 3(a)

F179 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) substituted (6.4.2012) by The Pensions Act 2008 (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Amendments) (No.2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1730), arts. 1(2)(b), 4

F180 Sch. 2 para. 1(2) inserted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 114(4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C37 Sch. 2 para. 1 amended (1.7.1994) by 1994/1696, reg. 68, Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 22(2)

Regulations U.K.

2 U.K. Regulations for the purposes of this Schedule may be made, with the concurrence of the Treasury, by the Lord Chancellor or, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State.

Other provisions about transfer values U.K.

3 U.K. [F181 Chapter 1 of Part 4ZA of the Pension Schemes Act 1993] (transfer values) and [F182 Chapter 1 of Part 4ZA of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993] (corresponding Northern Ireland provisions) shall not apply in relation to those schemes to which this Schedule applies.

Textual Amendments

F181 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3 substituted (6.4.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 2 (with s. 87)

F182 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3 substituted (6.4.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 48 (with s. 87)

Part II U.K. Transfers out

Qualifying members U.K.

4 (1) Where the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below are satisfied, this Part of this Schedule applies to any person— U.K.

(a) to or in respect of whom benefits are payable under a scheme; and

(b) whose qualifying service ends after this Schedule comes into force.

(2) The conditions are that—

(a) his qualifying service ends at least one year before he reaches normal pension age; and

(b) on the date on which it ends—

(i) he has accrued rights to benefit under the scheme; or

(ii) he would have such rights if his service in qualifying judicial office had also ended on that date.

Qualifying member’s right to a transfer payment U.K.

5 (1) When his qualifying service ends, a qualifying member acquires a right to the cash equivalent at the relevant date of any benefits— U.K.

(a) which have accrued to, or in respect of him, under the scheme; or

(b) where service of his in qualifying judicial office is disregarded service, which would have so accrued if his service in qualifying judicial office had ended on the same date as that on which his qualifying service ended.

(2) In this paragraph “the relevant date” means—

(a) the date when the qualifying member’s qualifying service ends, or

(b) the date of any application which he has made under paragraph 6 below and which has not been withdrawn,

whichever is the later.

Method of taking cash benefit U.K.

6 (1) A qualifying member who acquires a right to a cash equivalent under paragraph 5 above may only take it by exercising the option conferred by this paragraph. U.K.

(2) The option is that of requiring the Treasury to use the cash equivalent in whichever of the following ways the qualifying member chooses—

(a) for acquiring transfer credits allowed under the rules of another occupational pension scheme—

(i) whose trustees or managers are able and willing to accept him; and

(ii) which satisfies prescribed requirements;

(b) for acquiring rights allowed under the rules of a personal pension scheme—

(i) whose trustees or managers are able and willing to accept him; and

(ii) which satisfies prescribed requirements;

(c) for purchasing from one or more authorised [F183 insurers]—

(i) chosen by the qualifying member, and

(ii) willing to accept payment on his account from the Treasury,

one or more annuities which satisfy prescribed requirements;

(d) for subscribing to other pension arrangements which satisfy prescribed requirements.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the power to prescribe requirements under sub-paragraph (2) above, such requirements may provide that pension arrangements or a scheme or annuity must satisfy such requirements of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue as may be prescribed.

(4) A qualifying member may exercise his option in different ways in relation to different portions of his cash equivalent.

(5) A qualifying member who exercises his option must do so in relation to the whole of his cash equivalent or, where sub-paragraph (6) below applies, in relation to the whole of the reduced cash equivalent.

(6) Where—

(a) the trustees or managers of—

(i) an occupational pension scheme which is not a contracted-out scheme, or

(ii) a personal pension scheme which is not an appropriate scheme under [F184 section 7 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993], [F185 section 3 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993] or under any prescribed provision, or

(iii) a self-employed pension arrangement within the meaning of regulation 2D of the M30 Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations 1985, regulation 2D of the M31 Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985, regulation 2A of the M32 Personal Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations 1987, regulation 2A of the M33 Personal Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 or any other prescribed provision,

are able or willing to accept a transfer payment only in respect of a qualifying member’s rights other than his accrued rights to a guaranteed minimum pension [F186 or his protected rights]; and

(b) the member has not required the Treasury to use the portion of his cash equivalent which represents a guaranteed minimum pension [F187 or protected rights] in any of the ways specified in sub-paragraph (2) above,

paragraph 5 above, this paragraph and paragraph 7 below are to be read as conferring on the member an option only in respect of the reduced cash equivalent.

(7) In this paragraph “reduced cash equivalent” means a sum equal to the balance of the cash equivalent to which the qualifying member would be entitled if sub-paragraph (6) above did not apply, after deduction of an amount sufficient for the Treasury to meet its liability in respect of the member’s guaranteed minimum pension or [F188 protected rights or those] [F188 that] of his widow, or her widower.

Textual Amendments

F183 Word in Sch. 2 para. 6(2)(c) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 114(5)

F184 Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(6)(a)(ii) substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 46(5)(c); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F185 Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(6)(a)(ii) substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 43(5)(c) S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

F186 Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(6)(a) omitted (N.I.) (6.4.2012) by virtue of The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/124), arts. 1(b), 3(b)(i)

F187 Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(6)(b) omitted (N.I.) (6.4.2012) by virtue of The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/124), arts. 1(b), 3(b)(ii)

F188 Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(7) substituted (N.I.) (6.4.2012) by The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/124), arts. 1(b), 3(b)(iii)

Marginal Citations

M30 S.I. 1985/1931.

M31 S.R. (N.I.) 1985 No. 358.

M32 S.I. 1987/1112.

M33 S.R. (N.I.) 1987 No. 290.

Calculation of cash equivalents U.K.

7 (1) Cash equivalents are to be calculated and verified in the prescribed manner. U.K.

(2) Regulations made under sub-paragraph (1) above may, in particular, provide—

(a) that in calculating cash equivalents account shall be taken—

(i) of any surrender or forfeiture of the whole or part of a qualifying member’s pension which occurs before the Treasury does what is needed to comply with the choice made by him in exercising his option;

(ii) in a case where paragraph 6(6) above applies, of the need to deduct an appropriate amount to provide a guaranteed minimum pension [F189 or give effect to protected rights]; and

(b) that in prescribed circumstances a qualifying member’s cash equivalent shall be increased or reduced.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (2) above, the circumstances that may be specified by virtue of paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph include the length of time which elapses between the termination of a qualifying member’s qualifying service and his exercise of the option conferred by paragraph 6 above.

Textual Amendments

F189 Words in Sch. 2 para. 7(2)(a)(ii) omitted (N.I.) (6.4.2012) by virtue of The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/124), arts. 1(b), 3(c)

Time within which option must be exercised U.K.

8 (1) A qualifying member may only exercise his option on or before the last option date. U.K.

(2) The last option date is—

(a) the date which falls one year before the date on which the qualifying member reaches normal pension age, or

(b) the end of the period of six months beginning with the date on which his qualifying service ends,

whichever is the later.

(3) A qualifying member loses the right to any cash equivalent under this Schedule if—

(a) his pension becomes payable before he reaches normal pension age; or

(b) he fails to exercise his option on or before the last option date.

Option to be exercised in writing U.K.

9 (1) A qualifying member may only exercise his option by making an application in writing to the Treasury. U.K.

(2) In any case where—

(a) a qualifying member has exercised his option, and

(b) the Treasury has done what is needed to comply with the choice made by him in exercising his option,

the Treasury shall be discharged from any obligation to provide benefits to which the cash equivalent related except, in any such cases as are mentioned in paragraph 6(6) above, to the extent that an obligation to provide guaranteed minimum pensions [F190 or give effect to protected rights] continues to subsist.

(3) If the Treasury receives an application under this paragraph, it shall be its duty, subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, to do what is needed to comply with the choice made by the qualifying member in exercising his option—

(a) within twelve months of the date on which it receives his application, or

(b) by the date on which he attains normal pension age,

whichever is the earlier.

Textual Amendments

F190 Words in Sch. 2 para. 9(2) omitted (N.I.) (6.4.2012) by virtue of The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/124), arts. 1(b), 3(d)

Cancellation of exercise of option U.K.

10 (1) A qualifying member may cancel the exercise of his option by giving the Treasury notice in writing that he no longer wishes it to be exercised. U.K.

(2) No such notice shall have effect if it is given to the Treasury at a time when, in order to comply with the choice made by the qualifying member in exercising his option, the Treasury has entered into an agreement with a third party to use the whole or part of his cash equivalent in a way specified in paragraph 6(2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) above.

(3) A qualifying member who withdraws an application may make another.

Part III U.K. Transfers in

Application to accept payment into scheme U.K.

11 (1) Where a member of a scheme has asked the appropriate Minister to accept a payment representing the cash equivalent of his accrued rights in any other qualifying scheme, that Minister may— U.K.

(a) to the extent to which it does not exceed the prescribed limit, accept the payment or any part of it; or

(b) refuse to accept the payment or any part of it.

(2) A request under sub-paragraph (1) above must be made—

(a) in writing;

(b) before the person making it has reached normal pension age; and

(c) not less than one year before he becomes entitled to a pension on retirement from his qualifying service.

(3) In this paragraph—

• “the prescribed limit” means the limit prescribed by regulations made by virtue of paragraph 13(a) below;

• “qualifying scheme” means—

  (a)

  an occupational pension scheme, a personal pension scheme, or an annuity purchased from an authorised [F191 insurer], which satisfies prescribed requirements; or

  (b)

  other prescribed pension arrangements.

Textual Amendments

F191 Sch. 2 para. 11(3): Word in para. (a) of the definition of “qualifying scheme” substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 114(6)

Cancellation of request U.K.

12 (1) A member may, by notice in writing given to the appropriate Minister, cancel a request made by him under paragraph 11 above, at any time before it has been accepted. U.K.

(2) A transferring member who withdraws an application may make another.

Regulations U.K.

13 U.K. Regulations may—

(a) prescribe limits on the amounts which the appropriate Minister may accept under paragraph 11(1) above;

(b) make provision as to the manner in which payments are to be accepted into a scheme under this Part of this Schedule;

(c) make provision as to the benefits which are to be provided to a member to reflect any such payment accepted with respect to him;

(d) prescribe formulae, based on tables of factors provided by the Government Actuary, to be used when performing any calculation relating to the acceptance of transfer payments or the provision of benefits.

[F192 SCHEDULE 2A U.K. PENSION CREDITS

Textual Amendments

F192 Sch. 2A inserted (1.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/2986, reg. 3

1 (1) In any case where— U.K.

(a) a person (“the transferee”) becomes entitled to a pension credit under section 29 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”); and

(b) that pension credit is derived from the rights of another person (“the transferor”) under—

(i) an occupational pension scheme constituted by Part I or section 19 of this Act; or

(ii) any scheme in relation to which a scheme within sub-paragraph (i) is specified as an alternative for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act,

the transferee shall become entitled to rights under this paragraph in respect of that pension credit.

(2) The rights which are to be provided under this paragraph shall be so calculated as to be appropriate rights for the purposes of paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act, and any regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of that paragraph shall apply accordingly.

(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) above, the rights which are to be provided under this paragraph, shall be such as may be prescribed by the appropriate Minister in regulations, which shall provide for the calculation and payment of any sums payable as part of those rights.

(4) Regulations under sub-paragraph (3) above may—

(a) provide for the calculation of the amounts payable in such manner as may, in the particular case, be approved by a person prescribed by the regulations, or in accordance with guidance from time to time prepared by a person so prescribed;

(b) include provision by reference to regulations made under section 30 of or Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act; or

(c) include provision by reference to regulations made under paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 to this Act.

(5) Section 28(1) of this Act shall apply to any pension or lump sum payable by virtue of this paragraph as if it were—

(a) a pension or lump sum under Part I of this Act; or

(b) a payment authorised by section 19 of this Act,

payable to the transferor [F193 in respect of the rights from which the pension credit is derived] .

Textual Amendments

F193 Words in Sch. 2A para. 1(5) substituted (3.3.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), ss. 79, 89(1)(c) (with s. 87)

2 U.K. The appropriate Minister shall have no power to accept, for the benefit of a member of a judicial pension scheme—

(a) a payment under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act,

(b) a payment under section 95 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 F194 , or

(c) any other payment,

to the extent that that payment directly or indirectly represents a pension credit.]

Textual Amendments

F194 1993 c. 48.

Section 24.

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Corresponding minor amendments to other pensions enactments

Part I U.K. Amendments of the 1981 Act

Dependent children: maximum allowable remuneration U.K.

1 (1) In section 21 of the 1981 Act (meaning of “period of childhood and full-time education”) in subsection (1)(c)(ii), for the words from “do not exceed” to “a year” there shall be substituted the words “ do not exceed the maximum allowable remuneration ”. U.K.

(2) After subsection (3) of that section (meaning of “emoluments”) there shall be inserted—

“(3A) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c)(ii) above, the “maximum allowable remuneration” at any time is an annual rate (£1,614 a year, at the passing of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993) equal to that at which a pension of £250 a year—

(a) first awarded under the principal civil service pension scheme on 1st June 1972, and

(b) increased from time to time by the amount of increase that would be applied under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 to such a pension,

would (as so increased) be payable at that time, rounding any resulting fraction of £1 up to the next whole £1.”

(3) Subsections (5) and (6) of that section (orders increasing the earnings limit in subsection (1)(c)(ii)) shall cease to have effect.

Appeals E+W+S

2 (1) Section 15 of the 1981 Act (which provides that the decision of the Treasury on certain questions shall be final) shall cease to have effect. E+W+S

(2) After section 32 of that Act there shall be inserted—

“32A Appeals.

(1) If any person to whom this section applies is aggrieved by any decision taken by the administrators of a relevant pension scheme concerning—

(a) the interpretation of the rules of the scheme, or

(b) the exercise of any discretion under the scheme,

he shall have a right of appeal to the appropriate Minister against that decision.

(2) On deciding an appeal under this section, the appropriate Minister may give to the administrators such directions as he considers necessary or expedient for implementing his decision.

(3) The persons to whom this section applies are the following—

(a) any member of the scheme;

(b) the widow or widower, or any surviving dependant, of a deceased member of the scheme;

(c) where the decision relates to the question—

(i) whether a person who claims to be such a person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above is such a person, or

(ii) whether a person who claims to be entitled to become a member of the scheme is so entitled,

the person so claiming.

(4) Regulations may make provision as to the manner in which, and time within which, appeals under this section are to be brought.

(5) The administrators shall be entitled to appear and be heard on any appeal under this section.

(6) In this section—

• “the administrators”, in relation to a pension scheme, means the persons entrusted with the administration of the scheme;

• “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) above, the Lord Chancellor;

• “member”, in relation to a pension scheme, means a person whose service in an office is, was or is to be subject to the scheme;

• “regulations” means regulations made by the appropriate Minister;

• “relevant pension scheme” means any pension scheme constituted under or by virtue of this Act;

• “rules”, in relation to a relevant pension scheme, means the provisions of this Act, and of any regulations or orders made under this Act, so far as relating to that scheme.”

Additional voluntary contributions E+W+S

3 (1) Section 33A of the 1981 Act (which confers power to make regulations entitling any member of a judicial pension scheme constituted by that Act or by the M34 Sheriffs’ Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961 to make voluntary contributions towards the provision of additional benefits under the scheme) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph. E+W+S

(2) In subsection (1), after the word “provision” there shall be inserted “ (a) ” and for the words “under the scheme” there shall be substituted the words “whether under the scheme or otherwise; or

(b) imposing conditions with respect to the exercise by any such person of any entitlement (whether or not under paragraph (a) above) which he may have to make any such voluntary contributions.”

(3) After that subsection there shall be inserted—

“(1A) The regulations may make provision for the purpose of imposing, in a case where a member makes voluntary contributions, upper limits with respect to—

(a) the aggregate value of the aggregable benefits which may be paid to or in respect of any such member; and

(b) the amount which any such member may pay by way of such contributions;

and, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) above, the regulations may, in particular, impose such an upper limit on the amount which a member may pay by way of voluntary contributions as will, so far as reasonably practicable, secure that the aggregate value referred to in paragraph (a) above will not exceed the limit prescribed under that paragraph.

(1B) The regulations may—

(a) prescribe the manner in which aggregable benefits are to be valued for the purpose of any such aggregation as is mentioned in subsection (1A) above;

(b) confer on the administrators of a judicial pension scheme power to require a member who is making, or who wishes to make, voluntary contributions to provide such information as they may require concerning any retained benefits of his;

(c) permit the disclosure by those administrators of any information which they may obtain concerning any such retained benefits—

(i) to, or to any officers of, the Commissioners of Inland Revenue; or

(ii) to, or to any servants or agents of, any authorised provider who is, or may be, concerned in the investment of the voluntary contributions or the provision of the additional benefits in question.”

(4) In subsection (2), in paragraph (b) (no limit on voluntary contributions, other than an upper limit corresponding to that imposed by section 594 of the M35 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988) after the words “other than” there shall be inserted the words “either or both of the following, that is to say—

(i) such upper limit as may be imposed by virtue of subsection (1A)(b) above; or

(ii) ”.

(5) At the end of that subsection there shall be added the words—

“ but paragraphs (c) and (d) above have effect only in relation to a voluntary contributions scheme constituted by or under this Act or the Sheriffs’ Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961. ”

(6) In subsection (3) (regulations about valuation of benefits etc)—

(a) the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (b) shall be omitted; and

(b) in that paragraph, for the words “limit imposed by virtue of” there shall be substituted the words “ such limit as is mentioned in ”.

(7) At the end of that subsection there shall be added—

“(c) provide for any administrative expenses incurred by any person by virtue of this section to be defrayed out of sums received by way of voluntary contributions;

(d) provide for the manner in which voluntary contributions are to be made;

(e) make provision for, and in connection with, the valuation of a person’s accrued rights—

(i) under any occupational or personal pension scheme, which are to be transferred into a voluntary contributions scheme, or

(ii) under any voluntary contributions scheme, which on termination of his membership of that scheme may fall to be transferred into another scheme;

(f) prescribe the additional benefits which are to be available under a voluntary contributions scheme and the rates and times at which those benefits are to be payable;

(g) make provision for and in connection with the making of elections between different benefits available under voluntary contributions schemes;

(h) provide for the terms on which a person may terminate his membership of a voluntary contributions scheme;

(j) provide for the terms on which surplus funds may be refunded to a person who has made payments by way of voluntary contributions to a voluntary contributions scheme;

(k) specify any authorised providers—

(i) who are to invest any prescribed voluntary contributions, or

(ii) who are to provide any prescribed additional benefits,

and, if two or more authorised providers are so specified, may make provision entitling any person who makes prescribed payments by way of voluntary contributions to elect between those authorised providers.”

(8) Subsection (4) (limitation of voluntary contributions by reference to maximum entitlement of members) shall be omitted and before subsection (5) there shall be inserted—

“(4A) The regulations may provide for such additional benefits arising under or by virtue of this section as may be prescribed—

(a) to be charged on, and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund; or

(b) to be paid out of money provided by Parliament.”

(9) After subsection (5) there shall be inserted—

“(5A) The regulations may make different provision for different classes or descriptions of voluntary contributions scheme.”

(10) After subsection (8) there shall be added—

“(9) In this section—

• “administrators”, in relation to any scheme, means the persons entrusted with the administration of that scheme;

• “aggregable benefits” means—

  (a)

  any pensions or other benefits under a judicial pension scheme, other than such additional benefits as are mentioned in subsection (1) above;

  (b)

  such additional benefits so mentioned as may be prescribed; and

  (c)

  such retained benefits as may be prescribed;

• “authorised provider”, in relation to the investment of any sums paid by way of voluntary contributions or the provision of any benefit, means a person who is authorised under Chapter III of Part I of the Financial Services Act 1986 to invest those sums or, as the case may be, to provide that benefit;

• “employment” has the same meaning as it has in the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (and accordingly includes employment as a self-employed earner, within the meaning of that Act);

• “judicial pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 14A(2) above;

• “member” means member of a judicial pension scheme;

• “occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 66(1) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 or, in relation to Northern Ireland, Article 2(2) of the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975;

• “personal pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 or, in relation to Northern Ireland, Article 2(2) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

• “prescribed” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, the regulations;

• “relevant benefits” has the meaning given by section 612(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;

• “retained benefits”, in the case of any person, means any rights retained by him to relevant benefits under any occupational or personal pension scheme which has, or which may be expected to qualify for, tax-exemption or tax-approval, being rights which accrued during some previous employment;

• “surplus funds”, in relation to a person and any voluntary contributions scheme, means any funds which are, or have been, held for the purposes of that voluntary contributions scheme and which fall to be returned to him in consequence of any such limit as is mentioned in subsection (2)(b) above;

• “tax-exemption” and “tax-approval” have the meaning given by section 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986;

• “voluntary contributions”, in relation to any member of a judicial pension scheme, means voluntary contributions towards the provision of additional benefits, whether under that scheme or otherwise;

• “voluntary contributions scheme” means any occupational pension scheme if and to the extent that it is a scheme under which such additional benefits as are mentioned in subsection (1) above are, or are to be, provided;

and, where a person’s voluntary contributions are made by deduction from salary, any reference to payment of, or by way of, voluntary contributions shall be taken to include a reference to the making of voluntary contributions by deduction or, as the case may require, to any voluntary contributions so made.

(10) Without prejudice to subsections (3)(c) and (d) and (4A) above, there may be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a) any sums required for or in connection with the operation or administration of any prescribed voluntary contributions scheme; or

(b) any administrative expenses incurred under or by virtue of this section by a Minister of the Crown or government department.

(11) Any sums received under this section may be paid into the Consolidated Fund.”

Marginal Citations

M34 1961 c. 42.

M35 1988 c. 1.

Part II S Amendment of the Sheriffs’ Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961

Appeals S

4 S After section 9 of the M36 Sheriffs’ Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961 there shall be inserted—

“9A Appeals.

(1) If any person to whom a pension is payable under this Act is aggrieved by any decision taken by the administrators of a pension scheme constituted by this Act concerning—

(a) the interpretation of the provisions of the scheme, or

(b) the exercise of any discretion under the scheme,

he shall have a right of appeal to the Secretary of State.

(2) On deciding an appeal under this section, the Secretary of State may give to the administrators such directions as he considers necessary or expedient for implementing his decision.

(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to the manner in which, and time within which, appeals under this section are to be brought.

(4) The administrators shall be entitled to appear and be heard on any appeal under this section.

(5) In this section, “the administrators”, in relation to a pension scheme, means the persons entrusted with the administration of the scheme.”

Marginal Citations

M36 1961 c. 42.

Part III N.I. Amendments of Northern Ireland Provisions

Interpretation N.I.

5 N.I. In this Part of this Schedule—

• “the 1951 Act” means the M37 Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951;

• “the 1959 Act” means the M38 County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959;

• “the 1960 Act” means the M39 Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960;

• “the 1964 Order” means the M40 Lands Tribunal (Salaries and Superannuation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1964;

• “the 1969 Act” means the M41 Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;

• “the 1975 Act” means the M42 Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975.

Marginal Citations

M37 1951 c. 20 (N.I.).

M38 1959 c. 25 (N.I.).

M39 1960 c. 2 (N.I.).

M40 S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1964 No. 191.

M41 1969 c. 7 (N.I.).

M42 1975 c. 15.

Dependent children: maximum allowable remuneration N.I.

6 (1) In subsection (1)(c)(ii) of each of the following enactments (which give the meaning of “period of childhood and full-time education”), that is to say— N.I.

(a) section 9 of the 1951 Act,

(b) section 125 of the 1959 Act,

(c) section 7 of the 1960 Act,

for the words from “do not exceed” to “a year” there shall be substituted the words “ do not exceed the maximum allowable remuneration ”.

(2) In paragraph 1(c)(ii) of Article 9 of the 1964 Order (which gives the meaning of “period of childhood and full-time education”), for the words from “do not exceed” to “a year” there shall be substituted the words “ do not exceed the maximum allowable remuneration ”.

(3) The subsection set out in sub-paragraph (4) below shall be inserted—

(a) numbered as subsection (2A), after subsection (2) of section 9 of the 1951 Act;

(b) numbered as subsection (2A), after subsection (2) of section 125 of the 1959 Act;

(c) numbered as subsection (4A), after subsection (4) of section 7 of the 1960 Act.

(4) The subsection inserted by sub-paragraph (3) above is as follows—

“(0) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c)(ii), the “maximum allowable remuneration” at any time is an annual rate (£1,614 a year, at the passing of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993) equal to that at which a pension of £250 a year—

(a) first awarded under the principal civil service pension scheme (within the meaning of that Act) on 1st June 1972, and

(b) increased from time to time by the amount of increase that would be applied under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 to such a pension,

would (as so increased) be payable at that time, rounding any resulting fraction of £1 up to the next whole £1.”

(5) A paragraph in the same terms as the subsection set out in sub-paragraph (4) above, but with the substitution of the word “ paragraph ” for the word “subsection”, shall be inserted, numbered as paragraph (2A), after paragraph (2) of Article 9 of the 1964 Order.

(6) Paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to the M43 Superannuation (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (orders increasing the earnings limit in subsection (1)(c)(ii) of each of the sections specified in sub-paragraph (1) above) shall cease to have effect.

Marginal Citations

M43 1966 c. 27 (N.I.).

Appeals N.I.

7 (1) The following enactments (which correspond to section 15 of the 1981 Act) shall cease to have effect, that is to say— N.I.

(a) section 116(6) of the 1959 Act;

(b) section 14 of the 1960 Act;

(c) paragraph 6(4) of Schedule 10 to the 1975 Act.

(2) The section set out in sub-paragraph (3) below shall be inserted—

(a) numbered as section 132A, after section 132 of the 1959 Act;

(b) numbered as section 21A, after section 21 of the 1960 Act.

(3) The section inserted by sub-paragraph (2) above is as follows—

“.0 Appeals.

(1) If any person to whom this section applies is aggrieved by any decision taken by the administrators of a relevant pension scheme concerning—

(a) the interpretation of the rules of the scheme, or

(b) the exercise of any discretion under the scheme,

he shall have a right of appeal to the Lord Chancellor against that decision.

(2) On deciding an appeal under this section, the Lord Chancellor may give to the administrators such directions as he considers necessary or expedient for implementing his decision.

(3) The persons to whom this section applies are the following—

(a) any member of the scheme;

(b) the widow or widower, or any surviving dependant, of a deceased member of the scheme;

(c) where the decision relates to the question—

(i) whether a person who claims to be such a person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) is such a person, or

(ii) whether a person who claims to be entitled to become a member of the scheme is so entitled,

the person so claiming.

(4) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make provision as to the manner in which, and time within which, appeals under this section are to be brought.

(5) Regulations made under this section shall be subject to annulment in like manner as a statutory instrument and section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply accordingly.

(6) The administrators shall be entitled to appear and be heard on any appeal under this section.

(7) In this section—

• “the administrators”, in relation to a pension scheme, means the persons entrusted with the administration of the scheme;

• “member”, in relation to a pension scheme, means a person whose service in an office is, was or is to be subject to the scheme;

• “relevant pension scheme” means any pension scheme constituted under or by virtue of this Act;

• “rules”, in relation to a relevant pension scheme, means the provisions of this Act, and of any regulations or orders made under this Act, so far as relating to that scheme.”

(4) A paragraph in the same terms as the section set out in sub-paragraph (3) above, but with the substitution of the words “ this paragraph ” for the words “this section”, wherever occurring, shall be inserted, numbered as paragraph 7B, after paragraph 7A of Schedule 10 to the 1975 Act.

Additional voluntary contributions N.I.

8 (1) The following enactments (which correspond to section 33A of the 1981 Act), that is to say— N.I.

(a) section 11A of the 1951 Act,

(b) section 127A of the 1959 Act, and

(c) section 9A of the 1960 Act,

shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2) In subsection (1), after the word “provision” there shall be inserted “ (a) ” and for the words “under the scheme” there shall be substituted the words “whether under the scheme or otherwise; or

(b) imposing conditions with respect to the exercise by any such person of any entitlement (whether or not under paragraph (a)) which he may have to make any such voluntary contributions.”

(3) After that subsection there shall be inserted—

“(1A) The regulations may make provision for the purpose of imposing, in a case where a member makes voluntary contributions, upper limits with respect to—

(a) the aggregate value of the aggregable benefits which may be paid to or in respect of any such member; and

(b) the amount which any such member may pay by way of such contributions;

and, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b), the regulations may, in particular, impose such an upper limit on the amount which a member may pay by way of voluntary contributions as will, so far as reasonably practicable, secure that the aggregate value referred to in paragraph (a) will not exceed the limit prescribed under that paragraph.

(1B) The regulations may—

(a) prescribe the manner in which aggregable benefits are to be valued for the purpose of any such aggregation as is mentioned in subsection (1A);

(b) confer on the administrators of a judicial pension scheme power to require a member who is making, or who wishes to make, voluntary contributions to provide such information as they may require concerning any retained benefits of his;

(c) permit the disclosure by those administrators of any information which they may obtain concerning any such retained benefits—

(i) to, or to any officers of, the Commissioners of Inland Revenue; or

(ii) to, or to any servants or agents of, any authorised provider who is, or may be, concerned in the investment of the voluntary contributions or the provision of the additional benefits in question.”

(4) In subsection (2), in paragraph (b) (no limit on voluntary contributions, other than an upper limit corresponding to that imposed by section 594 of the M44 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988) after the words “other than” there shall be inserted the words “either or both of the following, that is to say—

(i) such upper limit as may be imposed by virtue of subsection (1A)(b); or

(ii) ”.

(5) At the end of that subsection there shall be added the words—

“ but paragraphs (c) and (d) have effect only in relation to a voluntary contributions scheme constituted by or under this Act. ”

(6) In subsection (3) (regulations about valuation of benefits etc)—

(a) the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (b) shall be omitted; and

(b) in that paragraph, for the words “limit imposed by virtue of” there shall be substituted the words “ such limit as is mentioned in ”.

(7) At the end of that subsection there shall be added—

“(c) provide for any administrative expenses incurred by any person by virtue of this section to be defrayed out of sums received by way of voluntary contributions;

(d) provide for the manner in which voluntary contributions are to be made;

(e) make provision for, and in connection with, the valuation of a person’s accrued rights—

(i) under any occupational or personal pension scheme, which are to be transferred into a voluntary contributions scheme, or

(ii) under any voluntary contributions scheme, which on termination of his membership of that scheme may fall to be transferred into another scheme;

(f) prescribe the additional benefits which are to be available under a voluntary contributions scheme and the rates and times at which those benefits are to be payable;

(g) make provision for and in connection with the making of elections between different benefits available under voluntary contributions schemes;

(h) provide for the terms on which a person may terminate his membership of a voluntary contributions scheme;

(i) provide for the terms on which surplus funds may be refunded to a person who has made payments by way of voluntary contributions to a voluntary contributions scheme;

(j) specify any authorised providers—

(i) who are to invest any prescribed voluntary contributions, or

(ii) who are to provide any prescribed additional benefits,

and, if two or more authorised providers are so specified, may make provision entitling any person who makes prescribed payments by way of voluntary contributions to elect between those authorised providers.”

(8) Subsection (4) (limitation of voluntary contributions by reference to maximum entitlement of members) shall be omitted and before subsection (5) there shall be inserted—

“(4A) The regulations may provide for such additional benefits arising under or by virtue of this section as may be prescribed—

(a) to be charged on, and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom; or

(b) to be paid out of money provided by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.”

(9) After subsection (6) there shall be added—

“(7) In this section—

• “administrators”, in relation to any scheme, means the persons entrusted with the administration of that scheme;

• “aggregable benefits” means—

  (a)

  any pensions or other benefits under a judicial pension scheme, other than such additional benefits as are mentioned in subsection (1);

  (b)

  such additional benefits so mentioned as may be prescribed; and

  (c)

  such retained benefits as may be prescribed;

• “authorised provider”, in relation to the investment of any sums paid by way of voluntary contributions or the provision of any benefit, means a person who is authorised under Chapter III of Part I of the Financial Services Act 1986 to invest those sums or, as the case may be, to provide that benefit;

• “employment” has the same meaning as it has in the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 (and accordingly includes employment as a self-employed earner, within the meaning of that Order);

• “judicial pension scheme” means a scheme constituted by this Act;

• “member” means member of a judicial pension scheme;

• “occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975;

• “personal pension scheme” has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

• “prescribed” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, the regulations;

• “relevant benefits” has the meaning given by section 612(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;

• “retained benefits”, in the case of any person, means any rights retained by him to relevant benefits under any occupational or personal pension scheme which has, or which may be expected to qualify for, tax-exemption or tax-approval, being rights which accrued during some previous employment;

• “surplus funds”, in relation to a person and any voluntary contributions scheme, means any funds which are, or have been, held for the purposes of that voluntary contributions scheme and which fall to be returned to him in consequence of any such limit as is mentioned in subsection (2)(b);

• “tax-exemption” and “tax-approval” have the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

• “voluntary contributions”, in relation to any member of a judicial pension scheme, means voluntary contributions towards the provision of additional benefits, whether under that scheme or otherwise;

• “voluntary contributions scheme” means any occupational pension scheme if and to the extent that it is a scheme under which such additional benefits as are mentioned in subsection (1) are, or are to be, provided;

and, where a person’s voluntary contributions are made by deduction from salary, any reference to payment of, or by way of, voluntary contributions shall be taken to include a reference to the making of voluntary contributions by deduction or, as the case may require, to any voluntary contributions so made.

(8) Without prejudice to subsections (3)(c) and (d) and (4A), there may be paid out of money provided by the Parliament of the United Kingdom—

(a) any sums required for or in connection with the operation or administration of any prescribed voluntary contributions scheme; or

(b) any administrative expenses incurred under or by virtue of this section by a Minister of the Crown or government department.

(9) Any sums received under this section may be paid into the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.”

Marginal Citations

M44 1988 c. 1.

Section 25.

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. Pensions for senior public investigative officers

Part I U.K. The Comptroller and Auditor General

1 U.K. For section 13 of the M45 Superannuation Act 1972 (pension provision for the Comptroller and Auditor General) there shall be substituted—

“13 The Comptroller and Auditor General.

(1) A person who first holds office on or after the appointed day as the Comptroller and Auditor General (in this section referred to as “the Comptroller”) shall be entitled, if he was a member of a judicial pension scheme immediately before he first holds that office, to elect between—

(a) the scheme of pensions and other benefits under that judicial pension scheme (his “former scheme”);

(b) (if different from his former scheme) the scheme of pensions and other benefits constituted by Part I of the 1993 Act (“the 1993 scheme”); and

(c) the scheme of pensions and other benefits applicable under section 1 of this Act to the civil service of the State (“the civil service scheme”);

and, if he is not entitled to make an election under this subsection, or if he is so entitled but fails to make such an election, he shall be treated as if he had been so entitled and had elected for the civil service scheme.

(2) If a person who held the office of Comptroller before the appointed day has made an election under the former enactments for the old judicial scheme, he shall be entitled to make an election under this subsection between—

(a) the old judicial scheme; and

(b) the 1993 scheme;

and, if he fails to make an election under this subsection, he shall be taken to have elected for the old judicial scheme.

(3) If a person who held the office of Comptroller before the appointed day—

(a) has made an election under the former enactments for the civil service scheme, or

(b) has failed to make an election under those enactments (so that he is taken to have elected for the civil service scheme),

he shall be treated as if he had been entitled to make an election under this section and had elected for the civil service scheme.

(4) Where a person elects under this section for his former scheme, that scheme shall, subject to regulations under this section, apply as if his service as Comptroller were service which was subject, in his case, to that scheme.

(5) A person who elects under subsection (1)(b) or (2)(b) above for the 1993 scheme, shall be entitled, when he ceases to hold office as Comptroller, to a pension under Part I of the 1993 Act at the appropriate annual rate (within the meaning of that Act) if he has held that office for at least 5 years and either—

(a) he has attained the age of 65; or

(b) he is disabled by permanent infirmity for the performance of the duties of the office;

and, subject to the following provisions of, and regulations under, this section, the provisions of Part I of that Act (other than sections 1(1) to (4) and 2) and of sections 19, 20 and 23 of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act (which provide for benefits in respect of earnings in excess of pension-capped salary, appeals and transfer of accrued rights) shall apply in relation to him and his service in the office of Comptroller as they apply in relation to a person to whom Part I of that Act applies.

(6) Subject to regulations under this section, in the application of provisions of the 1993 Act by virtue of subsection (5) above, a person who elects for the 1993 scheme shall be treated—

(a) as if the office of Comptroller were a qualifying judicial office (within the meaning of that Act) by virtue of inclusion among the offices specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to that Act;

(b) as if his election under this section were an election such as is mentioned in paragraph (d) of section 1(1) of that Act (so that, in particular, section 12 of that Act, which provides for the transfer of accrued rights into the scheme, applies);

(c) as if his pension by virtue of this section were a pension under section 2 of that Act (and, accordingly, a judicial pension, within the meaning of that Act); and

(d) for the purpose of determining, in the event of his death, the rate of any surviving spouse’s or children’s pension payable under sections 5 to 8 of that Act in respect of his service as Comptroller, as if references in those sections to the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension were references—

(i) where a pension had commenced to be paid to him by virtue of subsection (5) above, to the appropriate annual rate of that pension; or

(ii) where no such pension had commenced to be paid to him, to the rate that would have been the appropriate annual rate of the pension payable to him by virtue of subsection (5)(b) above, had he not died, but been disabled by permanent infirmity for the performance of the duties of his office on and after the date of death;

and, in the application of that Act to the Comptroller (whether by virtue of subsection (1)(a) or (b) or (2)(b) above) the references to the appropriate Minister in sections 13 (election for personal pension), 19 (benefits in respect of earnings in excess of pension-capped salary) and 20 (appeals) of, and Schedule 2 (transfer of accrued rights) to, that Act shall be taken as references to the Treasury and the power conferred by paragraph 2 of that Schedule to make regulations shall be exercisable by the Treasury.

(7) Where a person elects under this section for the civil service scheme, the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of section 2 of this Act and for the time being in force shall, subject to regulations under this section, apply as if his service as Comptroller were service in employment in the civil service of the State.

(8) Where a person elects under this section for the old judicial scheme, that scheme and the former enactments shall, subject to regulations under this section, continue to have effect in relation to him and his service in the office of Comptroller.

(9) Any power to make an election under this section shall be exercisable within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed in regulations under this section.

(10) The Treasury may make regulations for purposes supplementary to the other provisions of this section.

(11) Any such regulations may, without prejudice to section 38 or 39A of the Superannuation Act 1965 (employment in more than one public office), make special provision with respect to the pensions and other benefits payable to or in respect of a person to whom—

(a) his former scheme,

(b) the 1993 scheme,

(c) the civil service scheme, or

(d) the old judicial scheme,

applies, or has applied, in respect of any service other than service as Comptroller.

(12) The provision that may be made by virtue of subsection (11) above includes provision—

(a) for aggregating—

(i) other service falling within his former scheme, the 1993 scheme or the old judicial scheme with service as Comptroller, or

(ii) service as Comptroller with such other service,

for the purpose of determining qualification for, or entitlement to, or the amount of, benefit under the scheme in question;

(b) for increasing the amount of the benefit payable under any of the schemes mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) above, in the case of a person to whom that scheme applied in respect of an office held by him before appointment as Comptroller, up to the amount that would have been payable under that scheme if he had retired from that office on the ground of permanent infirmity immediately before his appointment.

(13) Any statutory instrument made by virtue of this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.

(14) Any pension or other benefit granted by virtue of this section shall be charged on, and issued out of, the Consolidated Fund.

(15) In this section—

• “the 1981 Act” means the Judicial Pensions Act 1981;

• “the 1993 Act” means the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993;

• “the appointed day” means the day on which Part I of Schedule 4 to the 1993 Act comes into force;

• “the former enactments” means section 13 of this Act, as it had effect from time to time before the appointed day;

• “judicial pension scheme” means any public service pension scheme, as defined in—

  (a)

  section 66(1) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975, or

  (b)

  Article 2(2) of the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975,

  under which pensions and other benefits are payable in respect of service in one or more qualifying judicial offices, within the meaning of the 1993 Act, but does not include the civil service scheme;

• “the old judicial scheme” means the statutory scheme of pensions and other benefits applicable under or by virtue of the 1981 Act to the judicial offices listed in section 1 of that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M45 1972 c. 11.

Part II U.K. The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration

2 U.K. For Schedule 1 to the M46 Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (pension provision for the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration) there shall be substituted—

Section 2.

“SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Pensions and other benefits

Persons taking office after the appointed day U.K.

1 A person who first holds office as the Commissioner on or after the appointed day shall be entitled, if he was a member of a judicial pension scheme immediately before he first holds that office, to elect between—

(a) the scheme of pensions and other benefits under that judicial pension scheme (his “former scheme”);

(b) (if different from his former scheme) the scheme of pensions and other benefits constituted by Part I of the 1993 Act (“the 1993 scheme”); and

(c) the scheme of pensions and other benefits applicable under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 to the civil service of the State (“the civil service scheme”);

and, if he is not entitled to make an election under this paragraph, or if he is so entitled but fails to make such an election, he shall be treated as if he had been so entitled and had elected for the civil service scheme.

Transitional provision for persons appointed before the appointed day U.K.

2 (1) If a person who held the office of Commissioner before the appointed day has made an election under the former enactments for the old judicial scheme, he shall be entitled to make an election under this sub-paragraph between—

(a) the old judicial scheme; and

(b) the 1993 scheme;

and, if he fails to make an election under this sub-paragraph, he shall be taken to have elected for the old judicial scheme.

(2) If a person who held the office of Commissioner before the appointed day—

(a) has made an election under the former enactments for the civil service scheme, or

(b) has failed to make an election under those enactments (so that he is taken to have elected for the civil service scheme),

he shall be treated as if he had been entitled to make an election under this Schedule and had elected for the civil service scheme.

Effect of election to continue in former scheme U.K.

3 Where a person elects under this Schedule for his former scheme, that scheme shall, subject to regulations under this Schedule, apply as if his service as Commissioner were service which was subject, in his case, to that scheme.

Effect of election for the 1993 scheme U.K.

4 (1) A person who elects under paragraph 1(b) or 2(1)(b) above for the 1993 scheme, shall be entitled, when he ceases to hold office as Commissioner, to a pension under Part I of the 1993 Act at the appropriate annual rate (within the meaning of that Act) if he has held that office for at least 5 years and either—

(a) he has attained the age of 65; or

(b) he is disabled by permanent infirmity for the performance of the duties of the office;

and, subject to the following provisions of, and regulations under, this Schedule, the provisions of Part I of that Act (other than sections 1(1) to (4) and 2) and of sections 19, 20 and 23 of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act (which provide for benefits in respect of earnings in excess of pension-capped salary, appeals and transfer of accrued rights) shall apply in relation to him and his service in the office of Commissioner as they apply in relation to a person to whom Part I of that Act applies.

(2) Subject to regulations under this Schedule, in the application of provisions of the 1993 Act by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above, a person who elects for the 1993 scheme shall be treated—

(a) as if the office of Commissioner were a qualifying judicial office (within the meaning of that Act) by virtue of inclusion among the offices specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to that Act;

(b) as if his election under this Schedule were an election such as is mentioned in paragraph (d) of section 1(1) of that Act (so that, in particular, section 12 of that Act, which provides for the transfer of accrued rights into the scheme, applies);

(c) as if his pension by virtue of this Schedule were a pension under section 2 of that Act (and, accordingly, a judicial pension, within the meaning of that Act); and

(d) for the purpose of determining, in the event of his death, the rate of any surviving spouse’s or children’s pension payable under sections 5 to 8 of that Act in respect of his service as Commissioner, as if references in those sections to the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension were references—

(i) where a pension had commenced to be paid to him by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above, to the appropriate annual rate of that pension; or

(ii) where no such pension had commenced to be paid to him, to the rate that would have been the appropriate annual rate of the pension payable to him by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, had he not died, but been disabled by permanent infirmity for the performance of the duties of his office on and after the date of death;

and, in the application of that Act to the Commissioner (whether by virtue of paragraph 1(a) or (b) or 2(1)(b) above) the references to the appropriate Minister in sections 13 (election for personal pension), 19 (benefits in respect of earnings in excess of pension-capped salary) and 20 (appeals) of, and Schedule 2 (transfer of accrued rights) to, that Act shall be taken as references to the Treasury and the power conferred by paragraph 2 of that Schedule to make regulations shall be exercisable by the Treasury.

Effect of election for, or to continue in, the civil service scheme U.K.

5 Where a person elects under this Schedule for the civil service scheme, the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of section 2 of the Superannuation Act 1972 and for the time being in force shall, subject to regulations under this Schedule, apply as if his service as Commissioner were service in employment in the civil service of the State.

Effect of election to continue in the old judicial scheme U.K.

6 Where a person elects under this Schedule for the old judicial scheme, that scheme and the former enactments shall, subject to regulations under this Schedule, continue to have effect in relation to him and his service in the office of Commissioner.

Time for, and manner of, election U.K.

7 Any power to make an election under this Schedule shall be exercisable within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed in regulations under this Schedule.

Regulations U.K.

8 (1) The Treasury may make regulations for purposes supplementary to the other provisions of this Schedule.

(2) Any such regulations may, without prejudice to section 38 or 39A of the Superannuation Act 1965 (employment in more than one public office), make special provision with respect to the pensions and other benefits payable to or in respect of a person to whom—

(a) his former scheme,

(b) the 1993 scheme,

(c) the civil service scheme, or

(d) the old judicial scheme,

applies, or has applied, in respect of any service other than service as Commissioner.

(3) The provision that may be made by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above includes provision—

(a) for aggregating—

(i) other service falling within his former scheme, the 1993 scheme or the old judicial scheme with service as Commissioner, or

(ii) service as Commissioner with such other service,

for the purpose of determining qualification for, or entitlement to, or the amount of, benefit under the scheme in question;

(b) for increasing the amount of the benefit payable under any of the schemes mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) above, in the case of a person to whom that scheme applied in respect of an office held by him before appointment as Commissioner, up to the amount that would have been payable under that scheme if he had retired from that office on the ground of permanent infirmity immediately before his appointment.

(4) Any statutory instrument made by virtue of this Schedule shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.

Pensions and benefits to be charged on the Consolidated Fund U.K.

9 Any pension or other benefit granted by virtue of this Schedule shall be charged on, and issued out of, the Consolidated Fund.

Interpretation U.K.

10 In this Schedule—

• “the 1981 Act” means the Judicial Pensions Act 1981;

• “the 1993 Act” means the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993;

• “the appointed day” means the day on which Part II of Schedule 4 to the 1993 Act comes into force;

• “the former enactments” means Schedule 1 to this Act, as it had effect from time to time before the appointed day;

• “judicial pension scheme” means any public service pension scheme, as defined in—

  (a)

  section 66(1) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975, or

  (b)

  Article 2(2) of the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975,

  under which pensions and other benefits are payable in respect of service in one or more qualifying judicial offices, within the meaning of the 1993 Act, but does not include the civil service scheme;

• “the old judicial scheme” means the statutory scheme of pensions and other benefits applicable under or by virtue of the 1981 Act to the judicial offices listed in section 1 of that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M46 1967 c. 13.

F195 F195 Part III U.K. The Health Service Commissioners

Textual Amendments

F195 Sch. 4 Pt. III repealed (5.2.1994) by 1993 c. 46, ss. 20(2), 22(4), Sch.3 (with s. 3(4))

The Health Service Commissioners for England and for Wales E+W

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The Health Service Commissioner for Scotland S

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Part IV N.I. The Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland

5 (1) The M53 Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph. N.I.

(2) In Article 2(2) (interpretation), in the definition of “the appointed day” after the word “means” there shall be inserted the words “ (except in Article 4A) ”.

(3) In paragraph (4) of Article 4 (pension of the Comptroller and Auditor General), after the words “Northern Ireland” (where they occur for the second time) there shall be inserted the words “ unless he elects under Article 4A for it to be treated otherwise ”.

(4) After that Article there shall be inserted the following Article—

“ Pension of Comptroller and Auditor General: supplementary N.I.

4A (1) This Article applies to a person—

(a) who first holds office on or after the appointed day as the Comptroller and Auditor General; and

(b) who, immediately before he first holds that office, is a member of a judicial pension scheme.

(2) A person to whom this Article applies shall be entitled to elect between—

(a) the scheme of pensions and other benefits under the judicial pension scheme mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) (his “former scheme”);

(b) (if different from his former scheme) the scheme of pensions and other benefits constituted by Part I of the 1993 Act (“the 1993 scheme”); and

(c) the scheme of pensions and other benefits applicable under the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 to the civil service of Northern Ireland (“the civil service scheme”);

and, if he fails to make an election under this paragraph, he shall be treated as if he had elected for the civil service scheme.

(3) Where a person elects under this Article for his former scheme, that scheme shall, subject to regulations under this Article, apply as if his service as Comptroller and Auditor General were service which was subject, in his case, to that scheme.

(4) A person who elects under paragraph (2)(b) for the 1993 scheme, shall be entitled, when he ceases to hold office as Comptroller and Auditor General, to a pension under Part I of the 1993 Act at the appropriate annual rate (within the meaning of that Act) if he has held that office for at least 5 years and either—

(a) he has attained the age of 65; or

(b) he is disabled by permanent infirmity for the performance of the duties of the office;

and, subject to the following provisions of, and regulations under, this Article, the provisions of Part I of that Act (other than sections 1(1) to (4) and 2) and of sections 19, 20 and 23 of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act (which provide for benefits in respect of earnings in excess of pension-capped salary, appeals and transfer of accrued rights) shall apply in relation to him and his service in the office of Comptroller and Auditor General as they apply in relation to a person to whom Part I of that Act applies.

(5) Subject to regulations under this Article, in the application of provisions of the 1993 Act by virtue of paragraph (4), a person who elects for the 1993 scheme shall be treated—

(a) as if the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General were a qualifying judicial office (within the meaning of that Act) by virtue of inclusion among the offices specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to that Act;

(b) as if his election under this Article were an election such as is mentioned in paragraph (d) of section 1(1) of that Act (so that, in particular, section 12 of that Act, which provides for the transfer of accrued rights into the scheme, applies);

(c) as if his pension by virtue of this Article were a pension under section 2 of that Act (and, accordingly, a judicial pension, within the meaning of that Act); and

(d) for the purpose of determining, in the event of his death, the rate of any surviving spouse’s or children’s pension payable under sections 5 to 8 of that Act in respect of his service as Comptroller and Auditor General, as if references in those sections to the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension were references—

(i) where a pension had commenced to be paid to him by virtue of paragraph (4), to the appropriate annual rate of that pension; or

(ii) where no such pension had commenced to be paid to him, to the rate that would have been the appropriate annual rate of the pension payable to him by virtue of paragraph (4)(b), had he not died, but been disabled by permanent infirmity for the performance of the duties of his office on and after the date of death;

and, in the application of that Act to the Comptroller and Auditor General (whether by virtue of paragraph (2)(a) or (b)) the references to the appropriate Minister in sections 13 (election for personal pension), 19 (benefits in respect of earnings in excess of pension-capped salary) and 20 (appeals) of, and Schedule 2 (transfer of accrued rights) to, that Act shall be taken as references to the Treasury and the power conferred by paragraph 2 of that Schedule to make regulations shall be exercisable by the Treasury.

(6) Where a person elects under this Article for the civil service scheme, Article 4(4) shall apply in relation to his service as Comptroller and Auditor General.

(7) Any power to make an election under this Article shall be exercisable within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed in regulations under this Article.

(8) The Treasury may make regulations for purposes supplementary to the other provisions of this Article.

(9) Any such regulations may, without prejudice to section 38 of the Superannuation Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 or section 39A of the Superannuation Act 1965 (employment in more than one public office), make special provision with respect to the pensions and other benefits payable to or in respect of a person to whom—

(a) his former scheme,

(b) the 1993 scheme, or

(c) the civil service scheme,

applies, or has applied, in respect of any service other than service as Comptroller and Auditor General.

(10) The provision that may be made by virtue of paragraph (9) includes provision—

(a) for aggregating—

(i) other service falling within his former scheme or the 1993 scheme with service as Comptroller and Auditor General, or

(ii) service as Comptroller and Auditor General with such other service,

for the purpose of determining qualification for, or entitlement to, or the amount of, benefit under the scheme in question;

(b) for increasing the amount of the benefit payable under either of the schemes mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(i), in the case of a person to whom that scheme applied in respect of an office held by him before appointment as Comptroller and Auditor General, up to the amount that would have been payable under that scheme if he had retired from that office on the ground of permanent infirmity immediately before his appointment.

(11) Regulations made under this Article shall be subject to annulment in like manner as a statutory instrument and section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply accordingly.

(12) Any pension or other benefit granted by virtue of this Article (except a pension or other benefit under the civil service scheme) shall be charged on, and issued out of, the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

(13) In this Article—

• “the 1993 Act” means the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993;

• “the appointed day” means the day on which Part IV of Schedule 4 to the 1993 Act comes into force;

• “judicial pension scheme” means any public service pension scheme, as defined in—

  (a)

  section 66(1) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975, or

  (b)

  Article 2(2) of the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975,

  under which pensions and other benefits are payable in respect of service in one or more qualifying judicial offices, within the meaning of the 1993 Act, but does not include the civil service scheme.”

Marginal Citations

M53 S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5).

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

F196 6 N.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F196 Sch. 4 Pt. V para. 6 repealed (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I. 8), art. 21(2) Sch. 6

F197 7 N.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F197 Sch. 4 Pt. V para. 7 repealed (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7), art. 23(2), Sch. 5

Section 26.

SCHEDULE 5 U.K. Retirement provisions: the relevant offices

• [F198 Judge of the Supreme Court]

• Judge of the [F199 Senior Courts] of England and Wales F200 ...

• Deputy judge of the High Court

• Lord President of the Court of Session

• Lord Justice Clerk

• Judge of the Court of Session

• Temporary Judge of the Court of Session

• Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland

• Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland

• Judge of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland

• [F201 Temporary judge of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland]

• Circuit judge

• [F202 Sheriff principal, sheriff or summary sheriff in Scotland]

• Temporary sheriff principal [F203 or temporary sheriff] in Scotland

• [F204 Part-time sheriff in Scotland

• [F205 Part-time summary sheriff in Scotland]

• F206 ...

• Justice of the peace in Scotland]

• County Court judge in Northern Ireland

• Deputy County Court judge in Northern Ireland

• Master, Queen’s Bench Division

• Deputy or temporary Master, Queen’s Bench Division, appointed under subsection (1) of section 91 of the M54 [F207 Senior Courts Act 1981] F208 ...

• [F209 Queen’s Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals]

• Admiralty Registrar

• Deputy or temporary Admiralty Registrar appointed under subsection (1) of section 91 of the [F207 Senior Courts Act 1981] F210 ...

• Master, Chancery Division

• Deputy or temporary Master, Chancery Division, appointed under subsection (1) of section 91 of the [F207 Senior Courts Act 1981] F211 ...

• [F212 Insolvency and Companies Court Judge]

• Deputy or temporary [F212 Insolvency and Companies Court Judge] appointed under subsection (1) of section 91 of the [F207 Senior Courts Act 1981] F213 ...

• Taxing Master of the [F199 Senior Courts]

• Deputy or temporary Taxing Master of the [F199 Senior Courts] appointed under subsection (1) of section 91 of the [F207 Senior Courts Act 1981] F214 ...

• District judge of the principal registry of the Family Division

• Deputy or temporary district judge of the principal registry of the Family Division appointed under subsection (1) of section 91 of the M55 [F207 Senior Courts Act 1981] F215 ...

• Registrar of Civil Appeals

• Deputy or temporary Registrar of Civil Appeals appointed under subsection (1) of section 91 of the [F207 Senior Courts Act 1981] F216 ...

• F217 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F217 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• District judge (whether appointed under section 100 of the [F207 Senior Courts Act 1981] or section 6 of the M56 County Courts Act 1984)

• Deputy district judge appointed under section 102 of the [F207 Senior Courts Act 1981] F218 ...

• Deputy district judge appointed under section 8 of the M57 County Courts Act 1984 F219 ...

• Recorder

• Assistant Recorder

• Any appointment under section 70 F220 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of the M58 Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 to an office from time to time specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to that Act (statutory office) or any appointment under section 74 of that Act to act in any such office

• [F221 District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)]

• [F222 District judge (magistrates’ courts) in Northern Ireland]

• [F223 Deputy district judge (magistrates’ courts) in Northern Ireland]

• [F224 Lay magistrate appointed under the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015]

• Chief or other Social Security Commissioner (including appointments in pursuance of [F225 paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Act 1998])

• F226 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Chief or other Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland (including appointments in pursuance of section 50(2) of the M59 Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992)

• Chief or other Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland (including appointments in pursuance of paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Child Support Act 1991 as that paragraph has effect by virtue of paragraph 8 of that Schedule)

• [F227 President of appeal tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter I of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998) appointed under section 5 of that Act]

• [F228 President of appeal tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter I of Part II of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998) appointed under Article 6 of that Order]

• [F229 Chairman of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals]

• F230 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F231 Chairman of social security appeal tribunals, medical appeal tribunals and disability appeal tribunals in Northern Ireland]

• F232 . . .

• [F229 Chairman of vaccine damage tribunals]

• F233 ...

• F234 ...

• [F235 President of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales)]

• [F236 President of the Employment Tribunals (Scotland)]

• President or Vice-President of industrial tribunals and of the Fair Employment Tribunal (Northern Ireland)

• [F237 Employment Judge], appointed in pursuance of regulations under [F238 section 1(1) of [F239 the Employment Tribunals Act 1996]]

• [F240 Member of a panel (other than the panel of Employment Judges) appointed in pursuance of regulations under section 1(1) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996

• Member of a panel appointed under regulation 7(1) of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. (N.I.) 2020 No.3)]

• F241 ...

• F242 ...

• President of the Industrial Court appointed in pursuance of Article 91 of the M60 Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

• Member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal appointed under [F243 section 22(1)(c) of [F239 the Employment Tribunals Act 1996]]

• President or other member of F244 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the Lands Tribunal for Scotland or the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland

• [F245 Chairman or other member of the Scottish Land Court]

• F246 ...

• Judge Advocate General

• [F247 Vice-Judge Advocate General

• Assistant Judge Advocate General]

• F248 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F249 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F251 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F252 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F253 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F254 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• President or other member of Pensions Appeal Tribunals

• Chairman or other member of a Mental Health Review Tribunal constituted under the M61 Mental Health Act 1983

• F255 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Chairman of a tribunal constituted for the purposes of sections 14 and 15 of the M62 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

• Chairman of an advisory body constituted for the purposes of section 14 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

• F256 ...

• F257 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F258 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Chairman, deputy-chairman or other member of an Agricultural Land Tribunal (other than an assessor added to the Tribunal under paragraph 16(2) of Schedule 9 to the M63 Agriculture Act 1947)

• F259 ...

• Chairman of a tribunal established by section 29 of the M64 Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963

• Chairman or deputy chairman of the Copyright Tribunal

• F260 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F261 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• President of a tribunal constituted under Schedule 3 to the M65 Industry Act 1975

• F262 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Chairman of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal

• F263 ...

• Chairman or other member of Rent Assessment Committees appointed by the Lord Chancellor under Schedule 10 to the M66 Rent Act 1977

• President or chairman of the Transport Tribunal

• F264 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Wreck commissioner appointed under section [F265 297(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995]

• Chairman of a Reinstatement Committee constituted under the M67 Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985

• [F266 Chairman or other member of a reserve forces appeal tribunal constituted under Part IX of the Reserve Forces Act 1996]

• [F267 Member of a panel constituted under section 6(1) of the Social Security Act 1998

• Member of a panel constituted under Article 7(1)of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998]

• F268 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F166 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F269 Coroner appointed under section 2(1) of the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959

• Deputy Coroner appointed under section 2(1) of the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959]

• F270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F271 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F272 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F273 Judge or other member of the First-tier Tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(1) or 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

• Judge or other member of the Upper Tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(1) or 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

• Transferred-in judge, or transferred-in other member, of the First-tier Tribunal or of the Upper Tribunal (see section 31(2) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007)

• Senior President of Tribunals

• [F274 President of Welsh Tribunals]

• Deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal appointed under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 3 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, except in a case where the holding of the office by the person in question falls within section 26(7)(ga) of this Act

• Deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal by virtue of an order under section 31(2) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

• Chamber President, or Deputy Chamber President, of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal or of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal]

• [F275 Ordinary or legal member of either or both of the Scottish Tribunals by virtue of section 15 or 16 of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014.]

• [F276 President of the Education Tribunal for Wales

• Member of the legal chair panel, or the lay panel, of the Education Tribunal for Wales

• Chairman or other member of a tribunal constituted under Schedule 3 to the Education Act 2005

• President or other member of the Adjudication Panel for Wales

• President or other member of the Welsh Language Tribunal

• Member of the chairmen’s panel or of the lay panel appointed under Schedule 2 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/431 (N.I. 9)) (the Care Tribunal)

• President or other member of the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland

• Chairman or other member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel for Northern Ireland

• President or other member of the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal

• Adjudicators appointed under Article 29 of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1964 (N.I. 14))

• Chairman, deputy chairman or other member of a tribunal appointed in pursuance of regulations under paragraph 19 of Schedule 11 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14))

• President of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal for Northern Ireland

• Member of a panel mentioned in Article 22(2)(b) or (c) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1)) (which serves the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal for Northern Ireland)

• Chairman or other member of the panel mentioned in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)) (which serves rent assessment committees)

• Chairman or other member of a tribunal established for the purposes of deciding an appeal in accordance with the model rules concerning the conduct of appeals (as set out in the Schedule to the Deregulation (Model Appeal Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. (N.I.) 1997 No. 269)

• Member of the Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland]

• [F277 Sitting in retirement office under section 123 of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022]

Textual Amendments

F165 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 223(a) (with Sch. 3)

F166 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 223(b) (with Sch. 3)

F198 Sch. 5: entry substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 35(3), 148; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2

F199 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 4; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2

F200 Sch. 5: words repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 146, 148, Sch. 4 para. 230, Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2, Sch. 1 paras. 11, 30

F201 Words in Sch. 5 inserted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(a) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F202 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (S.) (22.9.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), s. 138(2), sch. 5 para. 8(a); S.S.I. 2015/247, art. 2, sch.

F203 Words in Sch. 5 repealed (S.) (9.8.2000) by 2000 asp 9, s. 12, Sch. para. 5(2)

F204 Words in Sch. 5 inserted (S.) (30.5.2014) by The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Part-time Sheriff, Stipendiary Magistrate and Justice of the Peace) Order 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/155), arts. 1(2), 2(3)

F205 Words in Sch. 5 inserted (S.) (22.9.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), s. 138(2), sch. 5 para. 8(b); S.S.I. 2015/247, art. 2, sch.

F206 Words in Sch. 5 repealed (S.) (22.9.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), s. 138(2), sch. 5 para. 8(c); S.S.I. 2015/247, art. 2, sch.

F207 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2

F208 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(3)(a); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F209 Sch. 5: Entry inserted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 89(2), 110(1); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(v)

F210 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(3)(b); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F211 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(3)(c); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F212 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (E.W.) (26.2.2018) by The Alteration of Judicial Titles (Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/130), art. 1, Sch. para. 9(b)

F213 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(3)(d); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F214 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(3)(e); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F215 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(3)(f); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F216 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(3)(g); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F217 Sch. 5: entries relating to the Master and Deputy or temporary Master of the Court of Protection omitted (with saving) (1.10.2007) by virtue of Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9), ss. 67(1), 68(1)-(3), Sch. 6 para. 38(3) (with ss. 27, 28, 29, 62); S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(c)(d)

F218 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(3)(h); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F219 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(3)(i); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

F220 Sch. 5: words in entry repealed (1.5.2004) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(3), 110(1), Sch. 10; S.I. 2004/1104, art. 3(h)(iii)

F221 Entry in Sch. 5 substituted (31.8.2000) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 78(2), 105, Sch. 11 para. 41, Sch. 14 Pt. V para. 25 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2000/1920, art. 3(a)

F222 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(b) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F223 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(c) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F224 Words in Sch. 5 inserted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(d) (with Sch. 1 paras. 43, 45)

F225 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (in force for specified purposes at 6.9.1999 and 5.10.1999 respectively and in force at 29.11.1999 in so far as not already in force except for specified purposes) by 1998 C. 14, s. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 124(1)(a); S.I. 1999/2422, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 14); S.I. 1999/2739, art. 2, Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2); S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)

F226 Sch. 5: First entry relating to "Chief or other Child Support Commissioner" omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 110(a)

F227 Entry in Sch. 5 substituted (1.6.1999) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 124(b); S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(g)(vii)

F228 Entry in Sch. 5 substituted (29.11.1999 except for specified purposes) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 93(1); S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 20-22)

F229 Entries in Sch. 5 repealed (in force for specified purposes at 18.10.1999 so far as relating to chairmen of disability appeal tribunals and vaccine damage tribunals and in force at 29.11.1999 in so far as not already in force except for specified purposes) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1)(2), Sch. 7 para. 124(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 16-18); S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)

F230 Entry in Sch. 5 repealed (1.6.1999) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1)(2), Sch. 7 para. 124(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(g)(viii)

F231 Entry in Sch. 5 repealed (29.11.1999 except for specified purposes) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 92(2); S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 20-22)

F232 Entry in Sch. 5 repealed (1.6.1999) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 93(2), Sch. 7; S.R. 1999/246, art. 2, Sch. 1

F233 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(2)(a)

F234 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(2)(b)

F235 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, ss. 1(2)(d), 16 (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1)

F236 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, ss. 1(2)(e), 16; S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1)

F237 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 14 para. 13(2); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(g)

F238 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (E.W.S.) (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 43, 46, Sch. 1 para. 10(3)(a)

F239 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2)(c), 16 (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1)

F240 Words in Sch. 5 inserted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(e) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F241 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(f) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F242 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(g) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F243 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (E.W.S.) (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 43, 46, Sch. 1 para. 10(3)(b) (with s. 38)

F244 Sch. 1 Pt. 2: words in entry omitted (1.6.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 249 (with Sch. 5)

F245 Words in Sch. 5 inserted (S.) (9.1.2013) by The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Scottish Land Court) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/2), arts. 1(1), 2(1)

F246 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(2)(d)

F247 Words in Sch. 5 inserted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(h) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F248 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "Judge Advocate of Her Majesty's Fleet" repealed (1.1.2008) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(2), 383(2), Sch. 17; S.I. 2007/2913, art. 3 (with art. 4(3))

F249 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "President of Value Added Tax Tribunals" omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 191(a)

F250 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "Chairman of value added tax tribunals" omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 191(b)

F251 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "Commissioner for the special purposes of the Income Tax Acts appointed under section 4 of the Taxes Management Act 1970" omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 191(c)

F252 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "Deputy Special Commissioner appointed under section 4A of the Taxes Management Act 1970" omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 191(d)

F253 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "Commissioner for the general purposes of the income tax appointed under section 2 of the Taxes Management Act 1970" omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 191(e)

F254 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "the President or other member of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal" omitted (15.2.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/21), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 13 (with Sch. 4)

F255 Entry in Sch. 5 repealed (1.12.2001) by 2000 c. 8, s. 432(1)(3), Sch. 20 para. 7(3)(a), Sch. 22; S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)

F256 Words in Sch. 5 repealed (10.3.2013) by The Competition Act 1998 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/294), arts. 1, 2, Sch.

F257 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "Chairman or other member of the tribunal constituted by section 706 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988" omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 191(f)

F258 Sch. 5: entry relating to "Arbitrator appointed under paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 11 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986" repealed (19.10.2006) by The Regulatory Reform (Agricultural Tenancies) (England and Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2805), arts. 1(1)(b), 18, Sch. 2 (with art. 10)

F259 Sch. 5 entry omitted (22.3.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/686), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)

F260 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "the chairman or deputy chairman of the Information Tribunal" omitted (18.1.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), arts. 1(1), 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 18(a)

F261 Sch. 5: entry repealed (1.9.2003 for E.S.N.I. and 1.1.2004 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 215(2), 216(4), Sch. 22 Pt. 3 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2003/1667, art. 4 (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 1) (as amended by S.I. 2004/571 and S.I. 2005/2570); S.I. 2003/2961, art. 6, Sch. Pt. 3

F262 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "Chairman of the tribunal constituted under Schedule 9 to the National Health Service Act 1977" omitted (1.3.2007) by virtue of National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), ss. 2, 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 159 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)

F263 Words in Sch. 5 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(2)(c)

F264 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "President of the tribunal established under section 9 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949" repealed (25.7.2003 for specified purposes and 29.12.2003 for further specified purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 406(7), 411(2), Sch. 19(1), Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 2(1), 3, Sch. 1; S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2)

F265 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316(2), Sch. 13 para. 93(b) (with s. 312)

F266 Entry added at the end of Sch. 5 (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 14, s. 131(1), Sch. 10 para. 26 (with s. 72(5)); S.I. 1997/305, art. 2

F267 Entries in Sch. 5 added (1.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1454, art. 3

F268 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "a Member the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal" omitted (6.4.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), arts. 1(2)(e), 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 18(b)

F269 Sch. 5: Entries inserted (3.4.2006) by The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/391), art. 3

F270 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "President or other member of the Gambling Appeals Tribunal" omitted (18.1.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), arts. 1(1), 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 18(c)

F271 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "Asylum Support Adjudicator" omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 110(b)

F272 Sch. 5: Entry relating to "President of the tribunal constituted under section 9 of Protection of Children Act 1999 [etc]" omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 110(c)

F273 Sch. 5: Entries inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(1), 148(5), Sch. 8 para. 31(6); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(c)(i) (with art. 3)

F274 Words in Sch. 5 inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 2(1) of the commencing S.I.) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 6 para. 53 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/351, reg. 2(2) [Editorial note: S.I. 2017/1282 was made under 2017 c. 4, Sch. 5 para. 7(1) and comes into force on 12.12.2017]

F275 Words in Sch. 5 inserted (S.) (1.4.2015) by Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 10), s. 83(2), sch. 9 para. 11(4) (with sch. 9 para. 8); S.S.I. 2015/116, art. 2

F276 Words in Sch. 5 inserted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 25(4)(i) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F277 Words in Sch. 5 inserted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 8(3)(j); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

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M54 1981 c. 54.

M55 1981 c. 54.

M56 1984 c. 28.

M57 1984 c. 28.

M58 1978 c. 23.

M59 1992 c. 8.

M60 S.I. 1992/807 (N.I. 5).

M61 1983 c. 20.

M62 1971 c. 38.

M63 1947 c. 48.

M64 1963 c. 2.

M65 1975 c. 68.

M66 1977 c. 42.

M67 1985 c. 17.

Section 26.

SCHEDULE 6 U.K. Retirement dates for certain judicial offices

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council U.K.

F278 1 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F278 Sch. 6 para. 1 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Lords of Appeal U.K.

F279 2 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F279 Sch. 6 para. 2 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and senior judges in Scotland and Northern Ireland U.K.

3 E+W In subsection (1) of section 2 of the M68 Judicial Pensions Act 1959 (which provides that any Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Lord Justice General, Lord Justice Clerk, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland or Judge of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland is to vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of 75) for the words “seventy-five” there shall be substituted the word “ seventy ”.

Marginal Citations

M68 1959 c. 9.

Judges of the Supreme Court E+W

4 E+W In subsection (2) of section 11 of the M69 Supreme Court Act 1981 (which provides that any judge of the Supreme Court, other than the Lord Chancellor, is to vacate his office no later than the day on which he attains the age of 75) for the words “seventy-five” there shall be substituted the word “ seventy ”.

Marginal Citations

M69 1981 c. 54.

Acting and deputy judges E+W

5 (1) In section 9 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, after subsection (1) (persons who may act as judges) there shall be inserted— E+W

“(1A) A person shall not act as a judge by virtue of subsection (1) after the day on which he attains the age of 75.”

(2) After subsection (4) of that section (appointment of deputy High Court judges) there shall be inserted—

“(4A) No appointment of a person as a deputy judge of the High Court shall be such as to extend beyond the day on which he attains the age of 70, but this subsection is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).”

(3) In subsection (6)(b) of that section (which refers to subsection (7) of that section, relating to the completion of proceedings after retirement), for the words “subject to subsection (7)” there shall be substituted the words “ subject to section 27 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 ”.

Temporary Judges of the Court of Session S

F280 6 S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F280 Sch. 6 para. 6 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Acting judges of the High Court or Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland N.I.

7 N.I. In section 7 of the M70 Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, in subsection (1) (which provides that certain judges and former judges may, at the request of the Lord Chancellor, sit as judges of the High Court or Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland)—

(a) the words “at any time” shall be omitted; and

(b) at the end, there shall be added the words “ at any time on or before the day on which he attains the age of seventy-five. ”

Marginal Citations

M70 1978 c. 23.

Circuit judges E+W

8 (1) Section 17 of the M71 Courts Act 1971 (retirement of Circuit judges) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph. E+W

(2) For subsection (1) (which requires a Circuit judge to vacate his office at the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of 72, subject to the possibility of extended appointment) there shall be substituted—

“(1) Subject to subsection (4) below and to subsections (4) to (6) of section 26 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75), a Circuit judge shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of 70.”

(3) Subsection (2) (which contains power to continue a Circuit judge’s appointment up to the age of 75 and which is superseded by section 26(4) to (6) of this Act) shall cease to have effect.

(4) Subsection (3) (day on which certain persons are to be regarded as completing a year of service) shall cease to have effect.

Marginal Citations

M71 1971 c. 23.

Recorders, deputy Circuit judges and assistant Recorders E+W

9 (1) In section 21 of the M72 Courts Act 1971, in subsection (5) (Recorder not to hold office after the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of 72) for the words from “the end of” onwards there shall be substituted the words “ the day on which he attains the age of seventy, but this subsection is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75). ” E+W

(2) In section 24 of that Act (deputy Circuit judges and assistant Recorders), after subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A) No appointment of a person under subsection (1) above shall be such as to extend—

(a) in the case of appointment as a deputy Circuit judge, beyond the day on which he attains the age of seventy-five; or

(b) in the case of appointment as an assistant Recorder, beyond the day on which he attains the age of seventy;

but paragraph (b) above is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).”

Marginal Citations

M72 1971 c. 23.

Sheriffs S

F281 10 S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F281 Sch. 6 para. 10 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Temporary sheriffs S

F282 11 S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F282 Sch. 6 para. 11 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

County Court Judge in Northern Ireland N.I.

12 N.I. In section 105 of the M73 County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959, for subsection (4) (which requires every judge to vacate his office at the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of 72, but subject to a proviso for judges who would not have completed 15 years’ service) there shall be substituted—

“(4) Every judge shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years; but this subsection is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).”

Marginal Citations

M73 1959 c. 25 (N.I.).

Deputy judge of a county court in Northern Ireland N.I.

13 N.I. In section 107 of the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959, for subsection (4) (which provides that, except in the case of a former judge, a deputy judge shall not hold office after the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of 72) there shall be substituted—

“(4) Neither the initial term for which a deputy judge is appointed nor any extension of that term under subsection (3) shall be such as to continue his appointment as a deputy judge after the day on which he attains the age of seventy; but this subsection is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).”

Officers of the Supreme Court E+W

14 (1) Section 92 of the M74 Supreme Court Act 1981 (tenure of office of certain officers of the Supreme Court) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph. E+W

(2) In subsection (1) (certain Masters, Registrars and other officers of the Supreme Court to vacate office at the end of the completed year of service in which they attain the age of 72)—

(a) after the words “Subject to the following provisions of this section” there shall be inserted the words “ and to subsections (4) to (6) of section 26 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75) ”; and

(b) for the words from “at the end” onwards there shall be substituted the words “ on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years. ”

(3) In subsection (2B) (offices to which subsection (2A) applies) the words “and the office of Queen’s Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals” shall be omitted.

(4) Subsection (2C) (which makes provision for determining the day on which persons who successively hold offices falling within column 1 of Part I or II of Schedule 2 to that Act are to be regarded as completing a year of service, and which is of no further utility) shall cease to have effect.

(5) F283 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) Subsection (3) (which contains power to continue a person’s appointment to an office to which subsection (1) applies up to the age of 75 and which is superseded by section 26(4) to (6) of this Act) shall cease to have effect.

(7) F283 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F283 Sch. 6 para. 14(5)(7) repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(3), 110(1), Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(aa)

Marginal Citations

M74 1981 c. 54.

Deputy and temporary officers of the Supreme Court E+W

F284 15 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F284 Sch. 6 para. 15 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Deputy district judges of district registries of the High Court E+W

16 E+W In section 102 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, at the end of subsection (3) (which permits certain appointments as a deputy district judge of a district registry of the High Court to be made, notwithstanding that the person would be disqualified by age from holding the office in question) there shall be added the words “ ; but no appointment by virtue of this subsection shall be such as to extend beyond the day on which the person in question attains the age of seventy-five years. ”

District judges and deputy district judges of county courts E+W

17 (1) In section 8 of the M75 County Courts Act 1984 (deputy district judges) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted— E+W

“(1A) Any appointment of a person as a deputy district judge—

(a) if he has previously held office as a district judge, shall not be such as to extend beyond the day on which he attains the age of 75 years; and

(b) in any other case, shall not be such as to extend beyond the day on which he attains the age of 70 years, but subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).”

(2) Section 11 of that Act (tenure of office of district judge etc) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(3) For subsections (1) and (2) (which provide for a person to whom subsection (1) applies to vacate his office at the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of 72) there shall be substituted—

“(1) This subsection applies to the office of district judge.

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this section and to subsections (4) to (6) of section 26 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75), a person who holds an office to which subsection (1) applies shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of 70 years.”

(4) Subsection (3) (which confers power to continue district judges etc in office up to the age of 75 and which is superseded by section 26(4) to (6) of this Act) shall cease to have effect.

Marginal Citations

M75 1984 c. 28.

Statutory officers in Northern Ireland N.I.

18 N.I. In section 71 of the M76 Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, for subsection (3) (which provides that a statutory officer, within the meaning of that Act, is to retire at the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of 72, but subject to the substitution of a lower age, under subsection (4)) there shall be substituted—

“(3) Subject to subsection (4) below and to subsections (4) to (6) of section 26 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office beyond the age of 70, up to the age of 75), a statutory officer shall retire on the day on which he attains the age of 70 years.”

Marginal Citations

M76 1978 c. 23.

Stipendiary magistrates in England and Wales E+W

F285 19 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F285 Sch. 6 para. 19 repealed (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 25, ss. 73(3), 74(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I (with Sch. 4 para. 27)

Resident Magistrates in Northern Ireland N.I.

20 N.I. For section 1 of the M77 Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 (Resident Magistrate to vacate office at the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of 70, but with power to continue in office up to the age of 72) there shall be substituted—

“1 Retiring age of resident magistrates.

Every resident magistrate (whether appointed before or after the passing of this Act) shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy; but this section is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).”

Marginal Citations

M77 1960 c. 2 (N.I.).

Social security: Commissioners, and the President and chairmen of appeal tribunals U.K.

F286 21 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F286 Sch. 6 para. 21 repealed (29.11.1999 except for specified purposes) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)

Social security: Commissioners, and the President and chairmen of appeal tribunals in Northern Ireland U.K.

22 (1) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the M78 Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (tenure of office as Commissioner, President or full-time chairman) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph. U.K.

(2) In sub-paragraph (2) (which requires such a person to vacate office at the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of 72) for the words from “at the end of” onwards there shall be substituted the words “ on the day on which they attain the age of 70, but subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75). ”

(3) Sub-paragraph (3) (which contains power to continue such a person’s appointment up to the age of 75 and which is superseded by section 26(4) to (6) of this Act) shall cease to have effect.

(4) In sub-paragraph (6) (sub-paragraph (2) or (3) not to apply in relation to deputy Commissioners) the words “or (3)” shall be omitted.

Marginal Citations

M78 1992 c. 8.

Child support: Commissioners and chairmen of appeal tribunals E+W+S

23 F287 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S

(2) In Schedule 4 to that Act (Child Support Commissioners), in paragraph 1—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1) (Child Support Commissioner to retire at the end of the completed year of service in which he reaches the age of 72) for the words from “at the end” to the end of that sub-paragraph there shall be substituted the words “ on the date on which he reaches the age of 70; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75) ”; and

(b) sub-paragraph (2) (which contains power to continue a Commissioner’s appointment up to the age of 75 and which is superseded by section 26(4) to (6) of this Act) shall cease to have effect.

(3) In paragraph 4 of that Schedule (deputy Child Support Commissioners) at the beginning of paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to sub-paragraph (2A) ”, and after that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted—

“(2A) No appointment of a person to be a deputy Child Support Commissioner shall be such as to extend beyond the date on which he reaches the age of 70; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).”

(4) F288 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F287 Sch. 6 para. 23(1) repealed (1.6.1999) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(f)(vii)

F288 Sch. 6 para. 23(4) omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 228(b)

Chairmen of child support appeal tribunals in Northern Ireland N.I.

F289 24 N.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F289 Sch. 6 para. 24 repealed (1.6.1999) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(2), Sch. 7; S.R. 1999/246, art. 2, Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 23-25)

Chairman of the Foreign Compensation Commission U.K.

25 U.K. In section 1 of the M79 Foreign Compensation Act 1950 (constitution of the Foreign Compensation Commission), at the beginning of subsection (3) there shall be inserted the words “ Subject, in the case of the chairman, to subsection (3A) of this section, ” and after that subsection there shall be inserted—

“(3A) The chairman of the Commission shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years; but this subsection is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of seventy-five years).”

Marginal Citations

M79 1950 c. 12.

Commons Commissioners E+W

26 E+W F290 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F290 Sch. 6 para. 26 repealed (1.12.2010) by Commons Act 2006 (c. 26), ss. 53, 56(1), Sch. 6 Pt. 1 (with s. 60); S.I. 2010/2356, art. 3

President and chairmen of [F291 employment tribunals] E+W

Textual Amendments

F291 Words in cross heading substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c.8, ss, 1(2)(b), 16; S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1)

F292 27 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F292 Sch. 6 paras. 27-29 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

President, Vice-President and chairmen of industrial tribunals and of the Fair Employment Tribunal N.I.

F292 28 N.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F292 Sch. 6 paras. 27-29 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

President of the Industrial Court in Northern Ireland N.I.

F292 29 N.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F292 Sch. 6 paras. 27-29 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Members of the Employment Appeal Tribunal E+W+S

F293 30 E+W+S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F293 Sch. 6 para. 30 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 45, 46, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with s. 38)

The Lands Tribunal and the Lands Tribunal for Scotland E+W+S

31 E+W+S In section 2 of the M80 Lands Tribunal Act 1949, after subsection (5) (terms of appointment to membership of the Tribunal) there shall be inserted—

“(5A) No person shall be appointed a member of the Tribunal for a term which extends beyond the day on which he attains the age of seventy, except in accordance with section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).”

Marginal Citations

M80 1949 c. 42.

The Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland N.I.

32 N.I. In section 2 of the M81 Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964, for paragraph (b) of subsection (2) (which requires a member to vacate his office at the end of the completed year of service in the course of which he attains the age of 72) there shall be substituted—

“(b) shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years, but subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75); and”.

Marginal Citations

M81 1964 c. 29 (N.I.).

Judge Advocate of Her Majesty’s Fleet E+W+S

F294 33 E+W+S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F294 Sch. 6 para. 33 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Judge Advocate General and related offices E+W+S

34 E+W+S In subsection (2) of section 32 of that Act (which makes similar provision for the Judge Advocate General and also provides for certain other judicial officers to vacate office at the end of the completed year of service in which they attain the age of 65, but with a proviso for continuance in office up to the age of 70)—

(a) after the words “The Judge Advocate General shall” there shall be inserted the words “ , subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75), ”;

(b) for the words “at the end of the completed year of service in the course of which”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ on the day on which ”; and

(c) the proviso (which in relation to the Judge Advocate General is superseded by section 26(4) to (6) of this Act) shall cease to have effect.

Value added tax tribunals U.K.

F295 35 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F295 Sch. 6 para. 35 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 100(1) of the repealing Act) by 1994 c. 23, s. 100(2), Sch. 15

Special, and deputy Special, Commissioners for Income Tax U.K.

F296 36 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F296 Sch. 6 para. 36 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

President or other member of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal U.K.

F297 37 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F297 Sch. 6 para. 37 repealed (14.2.2000) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1)(3), Sch. 14 para. 98(1)(4), Sch. 16; S.I. 2000/168, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)

Immigration adjudicators U.K.

F298 38 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F298 Sch. 6 para. 38 repealed (14.2.2000) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1)(4), Sch. 14 para. 98(1)(4), Sch. 16; S.I. 2000/168, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)

Pensions Appeal Tribunals U.K.

39 U.K. In the Schedule to the M82 Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943, for paragraph 2 (appointment, remuneration and removal of members) there shall be substituted—

“2 (1) The members of the Tribunals shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor.

(2) There shall be paid to them such remuneration as the Treasury may determine.

(3) The Lord Chancellor may, if he thinks fit, remove any member of such a Tribunal.

(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) above and to subsections (4) to (6) of section 26 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75), a member of such a Tribunal shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years.”

Marginal Citations

M82 1943 c. 39.

Mental Health Review Tribunals E+W

40 E+W In Schedule 2 to the M83 Mental Health Act 1983 (which makes provision with respect to Mental Health Review Tribunals), at the beginning of paragraph 2 there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to paragraph 2A below, ” and after that paragraph there shall be inserted—

“2A A member of a Mental Health Review Tribunal shall vacate office on the day on which he attains the age of 70 years; but this paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75 years).”

Marginal Citations

M83 1983 c. 20.

The Financial Services Tribunal U.K.

F299 41 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F299 Sch. 6 para. 41 repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 115(a)

Tribunals and advisory bodies under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 U.K.

42 (1) Schedule 3 to the M84 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (which includes provision in relation to tribunals and advisory bodies established for the purposes of sections 14 and 15 of that Act) shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph. U.K.

(2) In paragraph 1 (membership of tribunals) after sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted—

“(2A) The chairman of a tribunal shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of seventy-five years).”

(3) In paragraph 13 (membership of advisory bodies) after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A) The chairman of an advisory body shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of seventy-five years).”

Marginal Citations

M84 1971 c. 38.

Restrictive Practices Court U.K.

F300 43 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F300 Sch. 6 para. 43 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Tribunals constituted under section 706 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 U.K.

F301 44 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F301 Sch. 6 para. 44 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Arbitrator appointed under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 U.K.

45 U.K. F302 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F302 Sch. 6 para. 45 repealed (19.10.2006) by The Regulatory Reform (Agricultural Tenancies) (England and Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2805), art. 18, Sch. 2 (with art. 10)

Agricultural Land Tribunals E+W

46 (1) Schedule 9 to the M85 Agriculture Act 1947 (constitution etc of Agricultural Land Tribunals) shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph. E+W

(2) In paragraph 13 (which relates to the chairmen of such Tribunals), in sub-paragraph (2)—

(a) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to sub-paragraph (2A) of this paragraph, ”; and

(b) for the words “three years” there shall be substituted “ such period as may be specified in the terms of his appointment ”.

(3) After that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted—

“(2A) No appointment of a person to be the chairman shall be such as to extend beyond the day on which he attains the age of seventy years; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of seventy-five years).”

(4) Paragraph 14 (which provides for there to be a panel of deputy-chairmen for each such Tribunal) shall be numbered as sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph, and at the end of that paragraph there shall be added—

“(2) A member of the panel of deputy-chairmen shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of seventy-five years).”

(5) In paragraph 15 (which provides for there to be panels of persons representing farmers’ and landowners’ interests), after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A) A member of either of the panels drawn up under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of seventy-five years).”

Marginal Citations

M85 1947 c. 48.

The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal U.K.

F303 47 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F303 Sch. 6 para. 47 omitted (22.3.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/686), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 6(3)

Chairman of a tribunal established by section 29 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 E+W+S

48 E+W+S In section 29 of the M86 Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (appointment of a tribunal to hear appeals concerning bookmakers’ levy) at the end of subsection (2) there shall be added the words “ , but subject, in the case of the chairman, to subsection (2A) of this section ”, and after that subsection there shall be inserted—

“(2A) The chairman of any such tribunal shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years; but this subsection is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of seventy-five years).”

Marginal Citations

M86 1963 c. 2.

The Copyright Tribunal U.K.

49 U.K. In section 146 of the M87 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (membership of the Copyright Tribunal) after subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

“(3A) A person who is the chairman or a deputy chairman of the Tribunal shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of 70 years; but this subsection is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75 years).”

Marginal Citations

M87 1988 c. 48.

The Data Protection Tribunal U.K.

[F304 50 U.K. In Schedule 2 to the M88 Data Protection Act 1984, in paragraph 8 (tenure of office of members of the Data Protection Tribunal), at the beginning of sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, ” and at the end of that paragraph there shall be added—

“(3) A person who is the chairman or a deputy chairman of the Tribunal shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of seventy-five years).”]

Textual Amendments

F304 Sch. 6 para. 50 repealed (1.3.2000) by 1998 c. 29, s. 74(2), Sch. 16 Pt. I; S.I. 2000/183, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M88 1984 c. 35.

Independent Schools Tribunals E+W

F305 51 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F305 Sch. 6 para. 51 repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(2), 583(2), Sch. 38 Pt. I (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39)

President of a tribunal constituted under Schedule 3 to the Industry Act 1975 U.K.

52 (1) In Schedule 3 to the M89 Industry Act 1975, paragraph 6 (terms of appointment of members of a tribunal established to arbitrate in a dispute arising under that Act) shall be numbered as sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph. U.K.

(2) At the beginning of that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted the words “ Subject, in the case of the president of a tribunal, to sub-paragraph (2) below ”, and after that sub-paragraph there shall be added—

“(2) No appointment of a person to be the president of a tribunal shall be such as to extend beyond the day on which he attains the age of 70 years; but this paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75 years).”

Marginal Citations

M89 1975 c. 68.

Tribunal constituted under Schedule 9 to the National Health Service Act 1977 E+W+S

F306 53 E+W+S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F306 Sch. 6 para. 53 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Chairman of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal U.K.

F307 54 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F307 Sch. 6 para. 54 repealed (8.5.1998) by 1997 c. 66, s. 52, Sch. 4; S.I 1998/1028, art. 2

Chairman of a Registered Homes Tribunal E+W

F308 55 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F308 Sch. 6 para. 55 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Rent Assessment Committees E+W

56 E+W In Schedule 10 to the M90 Rent Act 1977, after paragraph 2 (appointment by Lord Chancellor or Secretary of State of persons to constitute the panels from which the members of rent assessment committees are selected) there shall be inserted—

“2A No appointment of a person to any panel by the Lord Chancellor shall be such as to extend beyond the day on which the person attains the age of seventy years; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of seventy-five years).”

Marginal Citations

M90 1977 c. 42.

The Transport Tribunal E+W+S

57 (1) Paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the M91 Transport Act 1985 (tenure of office of judicial members) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph. E+W+S

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) (judicial member to hold office until the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of 72 and then retire)—

(a) after the words “Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph” there shall be inserted the words “ and to subsections (4) to (6) of section 26 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of seventy-five) ”; and

(b) for the words “the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of seventy-two” there shall be substituted the words “ the day on which he attains the age of seventy ”.

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) (which contains power to continue the member’s appointment up to the age of 75 and which is superseded by section 26(4) to (6) of this Act) shall cease to have effect.

Marginal Citations

M91 1985 c. 67.

Tribunal established under section 9 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 U.K.

58 U.K. F309 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F309 Sch. 6 para. 58 repealed (25.7.2003 for specified purposes and 29.12.2003 for further specified purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 406(7), 411(2), Sch. 19(1), Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 2(1), 3, Sch. 1; S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2)

Wreck commissioner U.K.

59 F310 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F310 Sch. 6 para. 59 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314, 316, Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)

Chairman of a Reinstatement Committee U.K.

60 U.K. In Schedule 2 to the M92 Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985, paragraph 2 (composition of Reinstatement Committees) shall be numbered as sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph and at the end of that paragraph there shall be added—

“(2) A member of the panel of persons referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of seventy-five years).”

Marginal Citations

M92 1985 c. 17.

Tribunals constituted for the purposes of section 150(4) of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 E+W+S

F311 61 E+W+S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F311 Sch. 6 para. 61 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Courts of inquiry under section 52 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 U.K.

F312 62 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F312 Sch. 6 para. 62 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(3)

Chairman of a vaccine damage tribunal in Northern Ireland N.I.

F313 63 N.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F313 Sch. 6 para. 63 repealed (29.11.1999 except for specified purposes) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(2), Sch. 7; S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 20-22)

Chairman of a tribunal constituted under section 47 of the Building Societies Act 1986 U.K.

F314 64 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F314 Sch. 6 para. 64 repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 115(b)

Chairman of a tribunal constituted under section 28 of the Banking Act 1987 U.K.

F315 65 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F315 Sch. 2 para. 65 repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 115(c)

Arbitrators appointed under Schedule 10 to the Electricity Act 1989 E+W+S

66 E+W+S F316 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F316 Sch. 6 para. 66 repealed (1.10.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031), reg. 49(2), Sch. 6 para. 66 (with regs. 44-46)

Chairman of a tribunal constituted under Schedule 3 to the Education (Schools) Act 1992 E+W

F317 67 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F317 Sch. 6 para. 67 repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 57, ss. 47(2), 48(2), Sch. 7

Chairman of a tribunal constituted under section 59 of the Friendly Societies Act 1992 U.K.

F318 68 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F318 Sch. 2 para. 68 repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 115(d)

Section 26.

SCHEDULE 7 U.K. Retirement dates: transitional provisions

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C38 Sch. 7 restricted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3192, art. 4(b)(iii)

Sch. 7 modified (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 105, 108(3), Sch. 14 Pt. V para. 25 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))

Sch. 7 continued (14.2.2000) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(2), Sch. 15 para. 3(4); S.I. 2000/168, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)

Interpretation U.K.

1 F319 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

F320 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F319 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F319 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F319 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F319 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F319 Sch. 7 omitted (except for Sch. 7 para. 1(2)) (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(4)

F320 Sch. 7 para. 1(2) omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 13(3); S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Salaried offices U.K.

F319 2 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F319 Sch. 7 omitted (except for Sch. 7 para. 1(2)) (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(4)

Fee-paid offices U.K.

F319 3 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F319 Sch. 7 omitted (except for Sch. 7 para. 1(2)) (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(4)

Persons holding a relevant office by virtue of a continuation power U.K.

F319 4 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F319 Sch. 7 omitted (except for Sch. 7 para. 1(2)) (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(4)

Ascertainment of potential retirement date U.K.

F319 5 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F319 Sch. 7 omitted (except for Sch. 7 para. 1(2)) (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 48(4)

Section 31.

SCHEDULE 8 U.K. Minor and consequential amendments

The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 U.K.

1 U.K. Section 35 of the M93 Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 (pension arrangements for Vice Judge Advocate General, Assistant Judge Advocates General and Deputy Judge Advocates) shall be numbered as subsection (1) of that section and at the end of that section there shall be added—

“(2) The foregoing subsection shall not have effect in relation to a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M93 1951 c. 46.

The County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 N.I.

2 N.I. At the end of section 116 of the M94 County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (pensions of county court judges in Northern Ireland) there shall be added—

“(7) This Part shall not have effect in relation to a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M94 1959 c. 25 (N.I.).

The Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 N.I.

3 N.I. In section 2 of the M95 Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 (pensions of resident magistrates in Northern Ireland) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A) This Act shall not have effect in relation to a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M95 1960 c. 1 (N.I.).

The Foreign Compensation Act 1962 U.K.

4 U.K. In section 3 of the M96 Foreign Compensation Act 1962, after subsection (1) (which makes provision for the pensions or other benefits payable to or in respect of members of the Foreign Compensation Commission) there shall be inserted—

“(1A) Subsection (1) above shall not have effect in relation to a chairman or former chairman of the Commission who is a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M96 1962 c. 4.

The Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 N.I.

5 N.I. In section 2 of the M97 Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (pensions of members of the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland) after subsection (5) there shall be inserted—

“(5A) Subsection (5), so far as relating to allowances and gratuities by way of superannuation, shall not have effect in relation to persons to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M97 1964 c. 29 (N.I.).

The Superannuation Act 1965 U.K.

6 U.K. In section 39A of the M98 Superannuation Act 1965 (superannuation benefits in respect of persons who have been employed in two or more judicial offices) in subsection (6), in the definition of “judicial office”, after the word “means” there shall be inserted—

“(a) any qualifying judicial office, within the meaning of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993, and

(b) ”.

Marginal Citations

M98 1965 c. 74.

The Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 N.I.

7 N.I. In section 2 of the M99 Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (pensions for president of the industrial court, president and vice-president of the industrial tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal, etc in Northern Ireland) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A) Subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M99 1969 c. 7 (N.I.).

The Taxes Management Act 1970 U.K.

8 U.K. In section 4 of the M100 Taxes Management Act 1970, after subsection (6) (pensions, allowances and gratuities payable to or in respect of Special Commissioners) there shall be inserted—

“(6A) Subsection (6) above, so far as relating to pensions (including allowances and gratuities), shall not have effect in relation to a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M100 1970 c. 9.

The Immigration Act 1971 U.K.

9 U.K. In Schedule 5 to the M101 Immigration Act 1971, paragraphs 3 and 9 (which, among other things, make provision for the pensions, allowances and gratuities etc payable to or in respect of immigration adjudicators and members of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal) shall each be numbered as sub-paragraph (1) and at the end of each of those paragraphs there shall be added—

“(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(b) above shall not have effect in relation to a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M101 1971 c. 77.

The Administration of Justice Act 1973 E+W

10 (1) Section 10 of the M102 Administration of Justice Act 1973 (which, as it has effect by virtue of subsection (8) thereof, provides for certain widow’s and children’s pensions in Northern Ireland to be increased) shall be amended as follows— E+W

(a) in subsections (1), (2)(a) and (3), after the words “or widow’s” in each place there shall be inserted the words “ or widower’s ”;

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) in paragraph (b), after the word “widow”, where it occurs for the first time, there shall be inserted the words “ or widower ”, and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph, for the words from “was” to “and” there shall be substituted the words “ left a spouse and he or ”;

(c) in subsection (4)—

(i) after the word “him” or “his” in each place there shall be inserted the words “ or her ”, and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), after the word “widow’s” there shall be inserted the word “ widower’s ”; and

(d) in subsection (5), after the word “widow’s” there shall be inserted the word “ widower’s ”.

(2) In Schedule 3 to the Administration of Justice Act 1973 (which sets out the enactments in relation to which section 10 of that Act has effect), in paragraph 3, for the reference to the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland there shall be substituted a reference to the Department of Economic Development.

Marginal Citations

M102 1973 c. 15.

The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 N.I.

11 N.I. In paragraph 6 of Schedule 10 to the M103 Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (pensions of social security commissioners in Northern Ireland) after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not have effect in relation to a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M103 1975 c. 15.

The Social Security Pensions Act 1975 E+W+S

F321 12 E+W+S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F321 Sch. 8 para. 12 repealed (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 188, Sch.5 Pt. I (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

The Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 N.I.

F322 13 N.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F322 Sch. 8 para. 13 repealed (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 182(1), Sch. 4 Pt. I; S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

The Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 N.I.

14 N.I. At the end of section 72 of the M104 Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (pension arrangements for statutory officers) there shall be added—

“(4) This section does not apply to a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M104 1978 c. 23.

The Supreme Court Act 1981 U.K.

15 (1) In section 12 of the M105 Supreme Court Act 1981, in subsection (7) (pensions to be payable to or in respect of the judges mentioned in subsection (1) in accordance with section 2 of the 1981 Act) after the words “section 2 of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981” there shall be inserted the words “ or, in the case of a judge who is a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, in accordance with that Act ”. U.K.

(2) In section 93 of that Act (certain officers to be treated as employed in the civil service of the State for the purposes of salary and pension), in subsection (2) (exception, in respect of pension, for persons holding offices specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1981 Act) for the words from “an office” onwards there shall be substituted the words “ qualifying judicial office, within the meaning of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993. ”

(3) In section 102 of that Act (deputy district judges for district registries of the High Court), for subsection (5) (which includes a reference to section 91(5) of that Act, a provision which is repealed by this Act) there shall be substituted—

“(5) Subsection (6) of section 91 applies in relation to a deputy district judge appointed under this section as it applies in relation to a person appointed under that section.”

Marginal Citations

M105 1981 c. 54.

The Value Added Tax Act 1983 U.K.

F323 16 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F323 Sch. 8 para. 16 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the repealing Act) by 1994 c. 23, s. 100(2), Sch. 15

The County Courts Act 1984 E+W

17 E+W In the M106 County Courts Act 1984—

(a) section 7 (which relates to assistant district judges), and

(b) in section 9 (qualifications for appointment) the words “assistant district judge”,

shall cease to have effect.

Marginal Citations

M106 1984 c. 28.

The Social Security Act 1986 U.K.

F324 18 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F324 Sch. 8 para. 18 repealed (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 188, Sch.5 Pt. I (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 N.I.

F325 19 N.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F325 Sch. 8 para. 19 repealed (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 182, Sch. 4 Pt.I; SR. 1994/17, art. 2

The Criminal Justice Act 1988 U.K.

20 U.K. In Schedule 6 to the M107 Criminal Justice Act 1988, in paragraph 3, after sub-paragraph (2) (pensions, allowances and gratuities payable to or in respect of members of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board) there shall be added—

“(3) Sub-paragraph (2) above does not apply to a chairman or former chairman of the Board who is a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.”

Marginal Citations

M107 1988 c. 33.

The Child Support Act 1991 E+W+S

21 F326 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S

(2) In Schedule 4 to that Act, at the end of paragraph 2 (remuneration and expenses of, and pensions, allowances or gratuities for, Child Support Commissioners) there shall be added—

“(3) Sub-paragraph (1), so far as relating to pensions, allowances or gratuities, shall not have effect in relation to any person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.”

Textual Amendments

F326 Sch. 8 para. 21(1) repealed (1.6.1999) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(f)(vii)

The Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 N.I.

F327 22 N.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F327 Sch. 8 para. 22 repealed (1.6.1999) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(2), Sch. 7; S.R. 1999/246, art. 2, Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 23-25)

The Social Security Administration Act 1992 E+W+S

F328 23 E+W+S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F328 Sch. 8 para. 23 repealed (29.11.1999 except for specified purposes) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)

The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 N.I.

F329 24 N.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F329 Sch. 8 para. 24 repealed (29.11.1999 except for specified purposes) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(2), Sch. 7; S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 20-22)

Section 31.

SCHEDULE 9 U.K. Repeals and revocations

Chapter or number	Short title	Extent of repeal orrevocation
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 46.	The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951.	In section 28, the proviso to subsection (3).
	In section 32, the proviso to subsection (2).
1951 c. 20 (N.I.).	The Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951.	In section 11A, in subsection (3), the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (b), and subsection (4).
1959 c. 25 (N.I.).	The County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959.	Section 116(6).In section 127A, in subsection (3), the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (b), and subsection (4).
1960 c. 2 (N.I.).	The Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960.	In section 9A, in subsection (3), the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (b), and subsection (4).Section 14.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 42.	The Sheriffs’ Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961.	Section 6.Section 9.In section 10, in the definition of “sheriff”, the words “except in subsection (2) of section six”.
1966 c. 27 (N.I.).	The Superannuation (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1966.	In Schedule 1, paragraph 18.
1969 c. 7 (N.I.).	The Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.	Section 2(5).
1970 c. 9.	The Taxes Management Act 1970.	Section 4A(5).
1971 c. 23.	The Courts Act 1971.	Section 17(2) and (3).Section 24(4).
1975 c. 15.	The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975.	In Schedule 10, paragraph 6(4).
1976 c. 33.	The Restrictive Practices Court Act 1976.	In section 3(2), the words “(not less than three years)”.
1978 c. 23.	The Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.	In section 7(1), the words “at any time”.Section 8(4).
1979 c. 55.	The Justices of the Peace Act 1979.	In section 14, the proviso to subsection (1), and subsection (2).
1981 c. 20.	The Judicial Pensions Act 1981.	Section 15.Section 21(5) and (6).
	In section 33A, in subsection (3), the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (b), and subsection (4).In Schedule 1, in paragraph 1, the entry “Assistant district judge”.
1981 c. 54.	The Supreme Court Act 1981.	Section 9(7).Section 91(5).In section 92, in subsection (2B), the words from “and the office” onwards, and subsections (2C) and (3).Section 103.
1984 c. 28.	The County Courts Act 1984.	Section 7.Section 8(2).In section 9, the words “assistant district judge”.Section 11(3).
1985 c. 67.	The Transport Act 1985.	In Schedule 4, paragraph 3(2).
1990 c. 41.	The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.	In Schedule 18, paragraph 42(b).
1991 c. 48.	The Child Support Act 1991.	In Schedule 3, paragraph 4(4) and, in paragraph 8, the word “(4)”.In Schedule 4, paragraph 1(2).
S.I. 1991/2628 (N.I. 23).	The Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.	In Schedule 3, paragraph 4(4).
1992 c. 5.	The Social Security Administration Act 1992.	In Schedule 2, in paragraph 1, sub-paragraph (3), in sub-paragraph (5) the words “(3) or”, in sub-paragraph (6) the words “or (3)” and, in sub-paragraph (7), the words “(2) or”.
1992 c. 8.	The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.	In Schedule 2, in paragraph 1, sub-paragraph (3) and, in sub-paragraph (6), the words “or (3)”.