Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

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10U.K.For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule—

(a)new office” means—

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

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

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

(iv)the office of other member of the Upper Tribunal by virtue of being a transferred-in other member of the Upper Tribunal;

(b)a person holds an office “on a salaried basis” if and so long as, and to the extent that—

(i)the person's service in the office is remunerated by payment of a salary, and

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

(c)a person shall be regarded as holding “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 the 1993 Act, and any reference to a “qualifying judicial office” is a reference to any office specified in that Schedule if it is held on a salaried basis;

(d)the 1993 Act” means the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8).