Part III

Supplemental

Pension credits: restriction on payments
29B
1
The appropriate Minister shall have no power to accept, for the benefit of a member of a judicial pension scheme constituted under or by virtue of this Act—
a
a payment under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999,
b
a payment under section 95 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993
, or
c
any other payment,
to the extent that that payment directly or indirectly represents a pension credit.
2
In this section “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), the Lord Chancellor.
S. 29B inserted (1.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/2985, reg. 2
1993 c. 48.