Pensions Act 2011
2011 CHAPTER 19
Commentary on Sections
Part 5: Judicial Pensions
Schedule 5: Contributions towards cost of judicial pensions etc
169.Schedule 5 introduces equivalent provisions into the District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 (the 1960 Act) and the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (the 1981 Act).
170.These provisions will affect those members of schemes under the 1960 Act, the Sheriffs’ Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961 and the 1981 Act who are:
district judges (magistrates’ courts) in Northern Ireland;
sheriffs;
judicial office-holders referred to in section 7 of the 1981 Act; or
judicial office-holders listed in Schedule 1 to the 1981 Act;
and have yet to accrue full pension benefits under their respective schemes.
171.Schedule 5 also makes minor technical amendments to the provisions relating to appeals in the Sheriffs’ Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961 and the 1981 Act respectively.
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