Statutory Instruments
COMPETITION
Made
13th January 2005
Laid before Parliament
18th January 2005
Coming into force
9th February 2005
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 277 of the Enterprise Act 2002(1) hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Enterprise Act 2002 (Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993)(Consequential Amendment) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 9th February 2005.
2.—(1) In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993(2), after the entry “President of the Competition Commission Appeal Tribunals”, insert—
“President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal”.
(2) Service in the office of President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal between 1st April 2003 and the commencement of this Order shall, for the purposes of that Act, be treated as service in a qualifying judicial office.
Gerry Sutcliffe,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Postal Services and Consumers,
Department of Trade and Industry
13th January 2005
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 by adding the office of President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal to the list of offices which may be judicial offices for the purposes of the arrangements in respect of judicial pensions contained in Part I of that Act. Service in this office since its creation is to be treated as service in a qualifying judicial office.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.