Administration of Justice Act 1964

24 Superannuation of justices' clerks

(1) The Secretary of State shall by regulations provide that one or other of the following codes, that is to say—

(a) the Metropolitan Police Staff (Superannuation), Acts 1875 to 1931, any enactments applied thereby and any instruments made under those Acts or enactments; or

(b) Schedule 3 to the Local Government Superannuation Act 1953 (which relates to the superannuation of justices' clerks and their staffs) and any regulations made thereunder,

shall apply, with any necessary modifications, in relation to justices' clerks for the inner London area and other officers employed by the committee of magistrates.

(2) Any regulations under this section may contain transitional and other consequential provisions (including provisions amending or repealing or revoking any enactment or any instrument made under an enactment), and in particular may make such transitional or other special provision as the Secretary of State thinks proper for preserving the rights of persons who, before the coming into operation of the regulations, were subject to enactments other than those applied by the regulations.

(3) Regulations under this section may be made with retrospective effect to any date not being earlier than 1st April 1965.

(4) No regulations shall be made under this section unless a draft thereof has been laid before Parliament and been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.