Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993

Part I U.K. New Arrangements for Judicial Pensions

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I (ss. 1-18) applied with modifications (31.3.1995) by 1967 c. 13, Sch. 1 para. 4(1) (as substituted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 2); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) applied with modifications (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5), art. 4A (as inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. IV para. 5(4)); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) applied with modifications (31.3.1995) by 1969 c. 10 (N.I.), Sch. 1A para. 4(1) (as inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 25, Sch. 4 Pt. V para. 6(6); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2)

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) applied (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/639, reg. 4.11(1)

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) extended (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7), art. 4(4), Sch. 1, para. 6(1)

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) extended (with modifications) (except ss. 1(1)-(4), 2) (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7), art. 4(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(3)(4)

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) extended (with modifications) (except ss. 1(1)-(4), 2) (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I. 8), art. 5(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(3)(4)

Pt. I (ss. 1-18) extended (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I. 8), art. 5(4), Sch. 1 para. 6(1)

C2 Pt. 1 applied (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 11(4)(5); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

Application of Part I U.K.

1 Persons to whom this Part applies. U.K.

(1) This Part applies—

(a) to any person who first holds qualifying judicial office on or after the appointed day;

(b) to any person—

(i) who, immediately before the appointed day, was holding any qualifying judicial office, service in which was, in his case, subject to a judicial pension scheme; and

(ii) who, on or after that day, ceases to hold that office and is appointed to some other qualifying judicial office, service in which would (apart from this Act) have been subject, in his case, to some other judicial pension scheme;

(c) to any person who was not holding qualifying judicial office immediately before the appointed day, by virtue of having retired from such office, but who, on or after that day, is again appointed to such office; F1 . . .

(d) to any person who makes an election under subsection (2) below for this Part to apply to him;[F2 and

(e) to any person appointed to a qualifying judicial office in circumstances falling within subsection (4A) below;]

but this subsection is subject to the following provisions of this Act [F3 and to Part 3 of Schedule 9 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (transitional arrangements for pensions of certain judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal)].

[F4 (1A) This Part is subject to section 18 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (restrictions on benefits provided under existing schemes).]

[F5 (1B) This Part is subject to section 18 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (Northern Ireland provision restricting benefits provided under existing schemes).]

(2) Any person—

(a) who holds qualifying judicial office on the appointed day, and

(b) who held such office at any time before that day,

shall be entitled, in such circumstances as may be prescribed and subject to subsection (5) below, to make an election for this Part to apply to him, if it would not otherwise do so.

(3) Any election under subsection (2) above must be made within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed and shall be irrevocable.

(4) The circumstances that may be prescribed under subsection (2) above, and the time that may be prescribed under subsection (3) above, include circumstances or times which permit the making of an election notwithstanding that the person in question has retired from qualifying judicial office or has died; and, without prejudice to section 29(3) and (4) below, where any such circumstances or times are so prescribed—

(a) the person in question shall be treated for such purposes as may be prescribed as if he had, at such times as may be prescribed, been a person to whom this Part applies; and

(b) any right to make an election notwithstanding the person’s death shall be exercisable by his personal representatives.

[F6 (4A) The circumstances of a person's appointment to a qualifying judicial office (“the subsequent office”) fall within this subsection if—

(a) the person, immediately before being appointed to the subsequent office, holds an office within subsection (4B) below (“the replacement tribunal office”);

(b) the person held the replacement tribunal office on a salaried basis from when he became its holder until immediately before being appointed to the subsequent office; and

(c) the person, before becoming the holder of the replacement tribunal office, had never held qualifying judicial office.

(4B) The offices within this subsection are—

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

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

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

(d) the office of other member of the Upper Tribunal by virtue of being a transferred-in other member of the Upper Tribunal.]

(5) Except as provided by section 13 below, this Part does not apply to a person at any time when an election under that section is in force in respect of him; nor shall he make an election under subsection (2) above at any such time.

(6) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be regarded as holding, or serving in, 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 this Act; and any reference in this Act to a “qualifying judicial office” is a reference to any office so specified if it is held on a salaried basis.

(7) For the purposes of subsection (6) above, a person holds an office “on a salaried basis” if and so long as, and to the extent that—

(a) his service in the office is remunerated by payment of a salary; and

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

and the reference in that subsection to an office being held on a salaried basis shall be construed accordingly.

(8) The appropriate Minister may by order amend either Part of Schedule 1 to this Act by adding offices to those for the time being there specified.

(9) In this section, “prescribed” means prescribed in regulations made by the appropriate Minister.

(10) In this Part “the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 31 below for the coming into force of this Part other than subsection (8) above.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word at the end of s. 1(1)(c) repealed (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 146, 148(5), Sch. 23 Pt. 1; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(i)(ii) (with art. 3)

F2 S. 1(1)(e) and preceding word inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 15(2); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

F3 Words in s. 1(1) inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 15(3); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

F4 S. 1(1A) inserted (1.4.2014) by Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 25), s. 41(2), Sch. 8 para. 16 (with Sch. 11 para. 8); S.I. 2014/839, art. 4(2)(i)

F5 S. 1(1B) inserted (N.I.) (28.4.2014) by Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 2), s. 37(2), Sch. 8 para. 17; S.R. 2014/123, art. 2(1)(r)

F6 S. 1(4A)(4B) inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 15(4); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 S. 1(1)(a) excluded (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 11(2); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

Pensions for judicial officers U.K.

2 The judicial officer’s entitlement to a pension. U.K.

(1) Any person to whom this Part applies—

(a) who retires from qualifying judicial office on or after the day on which he attains the age of 65, and

(b) who has, at the time of that retirement, completed, in the aggregate, at least 5 years’ service in qualifying judicial office,

shall be entitled during his life to a pension at the appropriate annual rate.

(2) Any person to whom this Part applies—

(a) who retires from qualifying judicial office on or after the day on which he attains the age of 60, but before attaining the age of 65, and

(b) who has, at the time of that retirement, completed, in the aggregate, at least 5 years’ service in qualifying judicial office,

shall be entitled during his life to a pension at the appropriate annual rate, actuarially reduced.

(3) In any case where—

(a) a person to whom this Part applies retires from qualifying judicial office before he has attained the age of 65 or before he has completed, in the aggregate, at least 5 years’ service in such office, and

(b) the appropriate Minister is satisfied by means of a medical certificate that, by reason of infirmity of mind or body, the person is incapable of discharging the duties of his qualifying judicial office and that the incapacity is likely to be permanent,

the person shall be entitled during his life to a pension at the appropriate annual rate (and subsection (2) above shall not have effect in relation to that retirement, notwithstanding that the conditions in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection may be satisfied in the particular case).

[F7 (3A) Where the appropriate minister is the Lord Chancellor, he must, before satisfying himself as mentioned in subsection (3)(b)—

(a) consult the Lord Chief of Justice of England and Wales, if the person in question holds office in England and Wales;

(b) consult the Lord Chief of Justice of Northern Ireland, if the person in question holds office in Northern Ireland.]

(4) Where a person to whom this Part applies is removed from a qualifying judicial office, his removal from that office shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as his retirement from qualifying judicial office; and if—

(a) he has not attained the age of 60 at the date of that retirement, and

(b) the appropriate Minister recommends that his accrued rights under this Part should be given immediate effect,

the person shall be entitled during his life to a pension at the appropriate annual rate, actuarially reduced.

(5) Where a person to whom a pension under this section has commenced to be paid resumes service in qualifying judicial office—

(a) the resumption of service shall not affect his entitlement to payment of the pension for any period before the resumption,

(b) he shall not be entitled to payment of the pension for any period during the resumed service, and

(c) at the end of the period of resumed service—

(i) his entitlement (and that of any other person) to a pension or other benefit under this Part, and

(ii) the rate or amount of any such pension or other benefit,

shall be determined (subject to section 4(4) below) as if no pension under this section had previously commenced to be paid to him.

(6) A pension under this section shall be payable at such intervals, not exceeding three months, as the Treasury may determine.

(7) For the purposes of this Part—

(a) in determining the length of a person’s period of service in any qualifying judicial office, it is immaterial whether he works full-time or part-time, but if he holds two or more qualifying judicial offices concurrently, no day shall be counted more than once;

(b) in determining the length of a person’s period of service in any qualifying judicial office, there shall be left out of account—

(i) any service in such office before the day on which this Part first applied to him (except to the extent to which it is given effect under or by virtue of section 12 below);

(ii) in the case of an office which becomes a qualifying judicial office by virtue of an order under section 1(8) above, any service in that office before the day on which it becomes such an office (except to the extent to which it is given effect under or by virtue of section 12 below);

(iii) any service in qualifying judicial office at a time when an election under section 13 below is in force in respect of him; and

(iv) any service in such office in respect of which he has taken a cash equivalent in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to this Act;

(c) in any case falling within subsection (3) above where, at the date of the retirement, the person has not attained the age of 65, the aggregate length of his period of service shall [F8 (subject to subsection (7A))] be increased by the addition of a period equal in length to one half of that which—

(i) begins immediately after the date of the retirement; and

(ii) ends with the day on which he would attain the age of 65;

(d) where any payment in respect of a pension under this section has become due, the pension shall be treated as commencing to be paid, notwithstanding that no payment has in fact been made in respect of it, and for this purpose a payment in respect of a pension shall be treated as becoming due on the first day of the period for which it is payable;

(e) “actuarially reduced”, in relation to the rate of a pension, means reduced by such amount as may be prescribed in, or determined in accordance with, regulations made under this section by the appropriate Minister with the concurrence of the Treasury;

(f) where a person ceases to hold qualifying judicial office in consequence of infirmity of mind or body, the cessation (however brought about) shall be taken for the purposes of this Part to constitute retirement, not removal, from such office.

F9 [F10 (7A) Subsection (7)(c) does not apply where, at the date of the retirement, the person—

(a) is a member of a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014; and

(b) is entitled under that scheme to early payment of benefits on the grounds of ill-health.]

[F11 (7A) Subsection [F9 (7)(c)] does not apply where, at the date of retirement, the person—

(a) is a member of a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013; and

(b) is entitled under that scheme to early payment of benefits on the grounds of ill-health.]

(8) In this Act “judicial pension” means a pension under this section.

[F12 (9) The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this section.

(10) The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under this section—

(a) the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;

(b) a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).]

Textual Amendments

F7 S. 2(3A) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 227(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11

F8 Words in s. 2(7)(c) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(2)(a) (with regs. 148, 160) and (N.I.) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/76), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 11(2)(a)

F9 Word in s. 2(7A) substituted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.4.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), ss. 106, 131(1)(2)(f)

F10 S. 2(7A) inserted (N.I.) (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/76), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 11(2)(b)

F11 S. 2(7A) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(2)(b) (with regs. 148, 160)

F12 S. 2(9)(10) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 227(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11

3 The appropriate annual rate. U.K.

(1) In the case of a person who has, at the time of his retirement from qualifying judicial office, completed, in the aggregate, at least 20 years’ service in such office, the “appropriate annual rate” for the purposes of this Act is an annual rate equal to one-half of his pensionable pay.

(2) In the case of a person not falling within subsection (1) above, the “appropriate annual rate” for the purposes of this Act is an amount equal to one-fortieth of his pensionable pay, multiplied by the aggregate length of his service in qualifying judicial office (expressed in years and fractions of a year).

(3) For the purposes of this Act—

(a) a person’s “pensionable pay” is the greater of the following amounts, that is to say—

(i) the pension-capped salary payable to him in respect of his service in qualifying judicial office in the period of twelve months ending with the day on which F13 . . . his participation in the scheme constituted by this Part ceases; and

(ii) the greatest amount of pension-capped salary payable to him in respect of such service in any other period of twelve consecutive months falling within the period of three years ending with that day;

(b) a person’s “pension-capped salary” for any period of twelve months is so much of his aggregate salary in respect of service in qualifying judicial office in that period as [F14 does not exceed the permitted maximum for the tax year] in which his participation in the scheme constituted by this Part ceases;

(c) a person’s salary in respect of service in any qualifying judicial office shall be taken to accrue due from day to day, at the rate for the time being in force, throughout the period for which he holds the office;

(d) if, in consequence of periods of ill-health, the rate at which a person’s salary in respect of service in any qualifying judicial office is payable to him for any period falling within the three years mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii) above is less than it would have been apart from the periods of ill-health, he shall be treated as if that salary had been payable to him throughout that period at the rate at which it would have been payable, apart from the periods of ill-health;

(e) in determining a person’s salary in respect of his service in qualifying judicial office, there shall be left out of account any part of the salary which is paid on terms which preclude rights to pensions and other benefits accruing by reference to it;

but paragraphs (a) and (b) above are subject to regulations under subsections (4) and (5) below.

[F15 (3A) In subsection (3)(b) above “the permitted maximum” means—

(a) in relation to the tax year 2005-06 and any earlier tax year, the permitted maximum within the meaning of section 590C(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (earnings cap) as it had effect for the tax year, and

(b) in relation to the tax year 2006-07 and any later tax year, the amount arrived at under subsection (3B) below.

(3B) The permitted maximum for the tax year 2006-07 and any later tax year is the permitted maximum for the previous tax year increased (if there is a relevant increase in the retail prices index for the tax year) by the appropriate percentage for the tax year.

(3C) There is a relevant increase in the retail prices index for a tax year if the retail prices index for the month of September before the tax year is higher than it was for the previous September.

(3D) And the appropriate percentage for the tax year is the same percentage as the percentage increase in the retail prices index.

(3E) But if the result of the application of subsection (3B) above in relation to a tax year would not be a multiple of £600, the permitted maximum for that tax year is what it would be apart from this subsection rounded up to the nearest amount which is such a multiple.]

(4) Regulations may make provision for any case where a person to whom this Part applies serves in qualifying judicial office neither—

(a) throughout the whole of the period of twelve months mentioned in subsection (3)(a)(i) above; nor

(b) throughout any other such period of twelve consecutive months as is mentioned in subsection (3)(a)(ii) above;

and any such regulations may, in particular, provide for such a person’s pensionable pay and pension-capped salary to be determined for the purposes of this Act as if he had served in his qualifying judicial office (whether full-time or part-time) throughout the whole of the period of twelve months mentioned in paragraph (a) above and had been paid in respect of that service a salary of an amount determined by reference to the annual rate of salary payable in his case in respect of service in that office in that period.

(5) Regulations may also make provision for any case where the service in qualifying judicial office of a person to whom this Part applies is, or has at some time been, only part-time, within the meaning of the regulations; and any such regulations may, in particular, provide for the amount of salary by reference to which his pension-capped salary (and accordingly his pensionable pay) would fall to be determined, apart from this subsection, to be reduced, for the purpose of making any such determination, in accordance with the regulations.

• In this section, “regulations” means regulations made by the appropriate Minister with the concurrence of the Treasury [F16 ,

• “retail prices index”, in relation to a month, means—

  (a)

  the general index of retail prices (for all items) published by the [F17 Statistics Board] for the month, or

  (b)

  if that index is not published for the month, any substituted index or index figures published by [F17 the Board] for the month, and

• “tax year” and “the tax year 2006-07” (and corresponding expressions) have the meanings in [F18 section 4 of the Income Tax Act 2007].]

Textual Amendments

F13 Words in s. 3(3)(a)(i) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 3(2)(a)

F14 Words in s. 3(3)(b) substituted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 3(2)(b)

F15 S. 3(3A)-(3E) inserted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 3(3)

F16 S. 3(6): definitions of "retail prices index" and ""tax year" and "the tax year 2006-2007"" inserted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 3(4)

F17 Words in s. 3(6) substituted (1.4.2008) by Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18), ss. 60(1), 74(1), Sch. 3 para. 8; S.I. 2008/839, art. 2

F18 Words in s. 3(6) substituted (6.4.2007 with effect as mentioned in s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), ss. 1027, 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 352

Derivative benefits U.K.

4 Lump sum on the judicial officer’s retirement or death. U.K.

(1) Where a judicial pension commences to be paid to a person, there shall also be paid to him a lump sum of an amount equal to two and one-quarter times the annual rate of the pension.

(2) Where a judicial pension commences to be paid to a person, but he dies so soon thereafter that the aggregate of—

(a) the sums paid or payable to him on account of that pension, including any increases under the M1 Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, and

(b) the lump sum paid or payable to him under subsection (1) above,

falls short of an amount equal to five times the annual rate in force in respect of that pension immediately before his death, including any increases under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, his personal representatives shall be granted a lump sum equal to the deficiency.

(3) Where a person to whom this Part applies dies while holding qualifying judicial office, a lump sum of an amount equal to twice the amount of his pensionable pay shall be payable—

(a) to the person (if any) nominated by him for the purposes of this subsection by notice in writing to the administrators of the scheme constituted by this Part; or

(b) in default of any such nomination, to his personal representatives;

and, in determining a person’s pensionable pay for the purposes of this subsection, his death shall be treated as his retirement from qualifying judicial office.

[F19 (3A) Subsection (3) does not apply where, at the date of the person’s death—

(a) the person is a member of a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014; and

(b) a lump sum is payable under that scheme on the person’s death.]

[F20 (3A) Subsection (3) does not apply where, at the date of the person’s death—

(a) the person is a member of a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013, and

(b) a lump sum is payable under that scheme on the person’s death.]

(4) A person to whom a lump sum is paid under subsection (1) above but who resumes service in qualifying judicial office shall not be required to refund the lump sum; but if the whole or any part of it is not refunded, an amount equal to so much of it as has not been refunded shall be deducted from any lump sum which subsequently becomes payable to or in respect of him under subsection (1), (2) or (3) above.

Textual Amendments

F19 S. 4(3A) inserted (N.I.) (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/76), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 11(3)

F20 S. 4(3A) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(3) (with regs. 148, 160)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 S. 4(1) applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/634, art. 6(1)

C5 S. 4(1) applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/388, art. 6(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 1971 c. 56.

5 Surviving spouse’s [F21 and surviving civil partner's] pension. U.K.

(1) In any case where—

(a) a person (“the deceased”) to whom this Part applies dies leaving a surviving spouse [F22 or surviving civil partner], and

(b) their marriage took place [F23 or their civil partnership was formed] before the deceased retired from qualifying judicial office,

the surviving spouse [F22 or surviving civil partner] shall be entitled to a pension for life F24 . . . in respect of the deceased’s service in such office, at an annual rate equal to one-half of the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension.

[F25 (1A) For the purposes of this Act—

(a) a pension under this section which is payable to a surviving spouse is a “surviving spouse's pension”, and

(b) a pension under this section which is payable to a surviving civil partner is a “surviving civil partner's pension”.]

(2) A pension under this section shall be payable at such intervals, not exceeding three months, as the Treasury may determine.

[F26 (3) If—

(a) the surviving spouse re-marries or forms a civil partnership, or

(b) the surviving civil partner marries or forms a subsequent civil partnership,

the Treasury may, on or at any time after the marriage or the formation of the civil partnership, direct that the pension shall cease to be payable.]

(4) Where a direction has been given under subsection (3) above, the Treasury may at any time direct that payment of the pension is to be resumed.

(5) Where the deceased died while holding qualifying judicial office, his death shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above as his retirement from such office.

[F27 (5A) Schedule 1A to this Act (which makes transitional provision in relation to surviving civil partners' pensions) shall have effect.]

(6) For the purposes of this section, “the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension” means—

(a) where a judicial pension under subsection (1) or (3) of section 2 above had commenced to be paid to the deceased, the appropriate annual rate of that pension;

(b) where a judicial pension under subsection (2) or (4) of that section had commenced to be paid to the deceased, the appropriate annual rate of that pension, as actuarially reduced under that section;

(c) where no judicial pension had commenced to be paid to the deceased, the rate that would have been the appropriate annual rate of his judicial pension under subsection (3) of that section—

(i) had he not died, but retired from qualifying judicial office on the date of death; and

(ii) had the appropriate Minister been satisfied in his case as mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection.

[F28 (7) In a case within subsection (6)(c), section 2(7)(c) (deemed increase in period of service) is to be disregarded in determining the rate that would have been the appropriate annual rate of the deceased’s pension if, at the date of death—

(a) the deceased was a member of a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, and

(b) under that scheme, benefits are payable on the deceased’s death to a widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the deceased.]

[F29 (7) In a case within subsection (6)(c), section 2(7)(c) (deemed increase in period of service) is to be disregarded in determining the rate that would have been the appropriate annual rate of the deceased’s pension if, at the date of death—

(a) the deceased was a member of a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013, and

(b) under that scheme, benefits are payable on the deceased’s death to a widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the deceased.]

Textual Amendments

F21 S. 5: words in side-note inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(2)

F22 Words in s. 5(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(3)(a)

F23 Words in s. 5(1)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(3)(b)

F24 Words in s. 5(1) omitted (5.12.2005) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(3)(c)

F25 S. 5(1A) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(4)

F26 S. 5(3) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(5)

F27 S. 5(5A) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 70(6)

F28 S. 5(7) inserted (N.I.) (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/76), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 11(4)

F29 S. 5(7) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(4) (with regs. 148, 160)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 S. 5(1)-(4) applied (with modifications) (E.W.S) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/634, art. 6(1)

C7 S. 5(1)-(4) applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/388, art. 6(1)

6 Grant and payment of a children’s pension. U.K.

(1) Upon the death of a person to whom this Part applies (“the deceased”) a pension in respect of his service in qualifying judicial office shall be granted for the benefit of such persons as may from time to time be the eligible children of the deceased (a “children’s pension”).

(2) The persons who, for the purposes of this Part, are the “eligible children” of the deceased at any time are—

(a) any natural children of the deceased,

(b) any step-children of the deceased,

(c) any children adopted by the deceased before his retirement from qualifying judicial office, and

(d) any children adopted by the deceased after his retirement from qualifying judicial office and in respect of whom a direction is given under subsection (5) below,

who are for the time being in their period of childhood and full-time education.

(3) Only one children’s pension shall be granted in respect of the service of any one person, but—

(a) the rate of the pension shall vary in accordance with section 8 below, according to the number of his eligible children for the time being;

(b) the pension shall be paid to such person or persons as the Treasury may from time to time direct, and different parts of the pension may be directed to be paid to different persons; and

(c) the person to whom all or any part of the pension is paid shall apply the sum paid to him, without distinction, for the benefit of all the persons who are for the time being eligible children of the deceased or, as the case may be, for the benefit of such of them as the Treasury may from time to time direct.

(4) A children’s pension—

(a) shall be paid so long as and whenever there are eligible children of the deceased; and

(b) shall be payable at such intervals, not exceeding three months, as the Treasury may determine.

(5) The Treasury may direct that a person (“the child”) who was adopted by the deceased is to be regarded as falling within paragraph (d) of subsection (2) above if they are satisfied—

(a) that the deceased had, before his retirement from qualifying judicial office, formed the intention of adopting the child; and

(b) that, immediately before that retirement, the child was wholly or mainly dependent on the deceased.

(6) Where the deceased died while holding qualifying judicial office, his death shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) above as his retirement from such office.

[F30 (7) In this section, “step-children of the deceased” means—

(a) any children who—

(i) are the natural children of a person who at any time was married to, or the civil partner of, the deceased, and

(ii) at the time of the marriage or the formation of the civil partnership, either had been born or were in gestation;

(b) any children adopted by such a person before the marriage to, or the formation of the civil partnership with, the deceased; and

(c) any children adopted by such a person after the marriage to, or the formation of the civil partnership with, the deceased in a case where the adoption proceedings were pending at the time of the marriage or the formation of the civil partnership.]

(8) For the purposes of this section the “natural children” of any person are any children of whom that person is the genetic father or mother.

Textual Amendments

F30 S. 6(7) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 71

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 S. 6 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/634, art. 6(1)

C9 S. 6 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/388, art. 6(1)

C10 S. 6 modified (21.12.2018) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1412), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 17

C11 S. 6(2)(c)(d)(5)(7)(b) modified (6.4.2010) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/985), reg. 5, Sch. 4

7 Children’s pension: meaning of “period of childhood and full-time education”. U.K.

(1) For the purposes of section 6 above, a person is in his “period of childhood and full-time education” at any time if, and only if, at that time—

(a) he has not attained the age of 16;

(b) he is receiving full-time instruction at any university, college, school or other educational establishment; or

(c) he is undergoing training by any person (“the employer”) for any trade, profession or vocation in such circumstances that—

(i) he is required to devote the whole of his time to the training for a period of not less than two years; and

(ii) while he is undergoing the training, the emoluments receivable by him, or payable by the employer in respect of him, do not exceed the maximum allowable remuneration, disregarding for this purpose any emoluments receivable or payable by way of return of any premium paid in respect of the training.

(2) A person shall not be regarded for the purposes of this section as coming within paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) above at any time unless he has come within one or other of those paragraphs at all times since he attained the age of 16.

(3) Where there is a period during which a person comes within neither paragraph (b) nor paragraph (c) of subsection (1) above, then, if the Treasury think fit and are satisfied that the person’s full-time education ought not to be regarded as completed, they may direct either—

(a) that that period shall be disregarded for the purposes of subsection (2) above; or

(b) that the person shall be regarded for the purposes of this section as having come within paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) above throughout that period.

(4) For the purposes of this section—

• “emoluments” means any salary, fees, wages, perquisites or profits or gains whatsoever, and includes the value of free board, lodging or clothing;

• “the maximum allowable remuneration” at any time is an annual rate (£1,614 a year, at the passing of this Act) equal to that at which a pension of £250 a year—

  (a)

  first awarded under the principal civil service pension scheme on 1st June 1972, and

  (b)

  increased from time to time by the amount of increase that would be applied under the M2 Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 to such a pension,

  would (as so increased) be payable at that time.

(5) Where a premium has been paid in respect of the training of a person, all emoluments at any time receivable by him, or payable by the employer in respect of him, shall be taken for the purposes of subsection (1)(c)(ii) above to be receivable or payable by way of return of the premium, unless and to the extent that the amount of those emoluments exceeds in the aggregate the amount of the premium.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12 S. 7 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/634, art. 6(1)

C13 S. 7 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/388, art. 6(1)

Marginal Citations

M2 1971 c. 56.

8 Rate of children’s pension. U.K.

(1) Where the deceased leaves no surviving spouse [F31 or surviving civil partner], the annual rate of a children’s pension shall be—

(a) while the eligible children of the deceased are two or more in number, two-thirds of the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension; and

(b) while there is only one eligible child of the deceased, one-third of the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension.

(2) Where the deceased leaves a surviving spouse [F32 or surviving civil partner], the annual rate of a children’s pension during the life of the surviving spouse [F32 or surviving civil partner] shall be—

(a) while the eligible children of the deceased are two or more in number, one-half of the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension; and

(b) while there is only one eligible child of the deceased, one-quarter of the annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension;

and the annual rate of the children’s pension after the death of the surviving spouse [F32 or surviving civil partner] shall be the rate specified in paragraph (a) or, as the case may be, paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above.

[F33 (3) Where the deceased—

(a) leaves a surviving spouse who re-marries or forms a civil partnership, or

(b) leaves a surviving civil partner who marries or forms a subsequent civil partnership,

the Treasury may, if they think fit, direct that subsection (1) above shall apply instead of subsection (2) above as respects any period when the surviving spouse or surviving civil partner has a spouse or civil partner.]

(4) “The annual rate of the deceased’s judicial pension” has the same meaning for the purposes of this section as it has for the purposes of section 5 above.

[F34 (5) Section 5(7) accordingly applies for the purposes of this section in a case within section 5(6)(c), but as if the reference in section 5(7)(b) to the benefits payable on the deceased’s death included a reference to benefits payable to surviving dependants of the deceased.]

Textual Amendments

F31 Words in s. 8(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 72(2)

F32 Words in s. 8(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 72(3)

F33 S. 8(3) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 72(4)

F34 S. 8(5) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(5) (with regs. 148, 160) and (N.I.) by The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/76), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 11(5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C14 s. 8(1)(2)(3) applied (with modifications) (E.W.S) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/634, art. 6(1)

C15 S. 8(1)(2)(3) applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/388, art. 6(1)

9 Contribution towards cost of surviving spouse’s [F35 , surviving civil partner's] and children’s pension. U.K.

(1) Such contributions as may be prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this section shall be made towards the cost of the liability for any pension or pensions under sections 5 to 8 above in respect of a person’s service in qualifying judicial office.

(2) No contribution shall be made by a person for any period of service during which an election under section 13 below is in force in respect of him.

(3) The prescribed contributions shall be in the form of deductions from the salary payable in respect of the service.

(4) In the case of persons to whom this Part applies by virtue of section 1(1)(b), (c) [F36 , (d) or (e) above or in the case of persons to whom this Part applies by virtue of paragraph 11(4) of Schedule 9 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007,] the prescribed contributions may (notwithstanding subsection (3) above) be in the form of either—

(a) deductions from the salary payable in respect of the service, or

(b) a reduction of any lump sum payable under section 4 above in respect of the service,

or partly in one of those forms and partly in the other.

(5) The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by the appropriate Minister with the concurrence of the Treasury.

Textual Amendments

F35 S. 9: words in side-note inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 73

F36 Words in s. 9(4) substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 16; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C16 S. 9 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S) (31.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/634, art. 6(1)

S. 9 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/388, art. 6(1)

[F37 Contributions U.K.

Textual Amendments

F37 S. 9A and cross-heading inserted (3.1.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 34, 38(4); S.I. 2011/3034, art. 3(g)

9A Contributions towards cost of judicial pension etc U.K.

(1) The appropriate Minister may, by regulations made with the concurrence of the Treasury, make provision for and in connection with requiring contributions to be made towards the cost of the liability for relevant benefits.

(2) The prescribed contributions are to be—

(a) made by the person to or in respect of whom the relevant benefits are to be, or may be, provided;

(b) made for the person's period of service in qualifying judicial office;

(c) in the form of deductions from the salary payable for that service.

(3) But no contribution is to be made by a person—

(a) for any period of service during which an election under section 13 is in force in respect of the person;

(b) for any period of service after the person has completed, in the aggregate, 20 years' service in qualifying judicial office;

(c) for any other prescribed period of service;

(d) in any prescribed circumstances.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3)(b), it does not matter whether the person's service in qualifying judicial office was service before or after the commencement of section 34(1) of the Pensions Act 2011 (but no contribution is to be made for a person's service before that commencement).

(5) In this section—

• “prescribed” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations;

• “relevant benefits” means—

  (a)

  a pension under section 2;

  (b)

  a lump sum under section 4;

  (c)

  payments by way of pension or lump sum under section 19, so far as relating to a pension or lump sum within paragraph (a) or (b).]

Additional voluntary contributions U.K.

10 Additional benefits from voluntary contributions. U.K.

(1) Regulations may make provision—

(a) entitling any person to whom this Part applies to make voluntary contributions towards the cost of the provision of additional benefits, whether under the scheme constituted by this Part or otherwise; or

(b) imposing conditions with respect to the exercise by any such person of any entitlement (whether or not under paragraph (a) above) which he may have to make any such voluntary contributions.

(2) Regulations may make provision for the purpose of imposing, in a case where a person to whom this Part applies makes voluntary contributions, upper limits with respect to—

(a) the aggregate value of the aggregable benefits which may be paid to or in respect of any such person; and

(b) the amount which any such person may pay by way of such contributions;

and, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) above, any such regulations may, in particular, impose such an upper limit on the amount which a person may pay by way of voluntary contributions as will, so far as reasonably practicable, secure that the aggregate value referred to in paragraph (a) above will not exceed the limit prescribed under that paragraph.

(3) Regulations may—

(a) prescribe the manner in which aggregable benefits are to be valued for the purpose of any such aggregation as is mentioned in subsection (2) above;

(b) confer on the administrators of the scheme constituted by this Part power to require a person to whom this Part applies who is making, or who wishes to make, voluntary contributions to provide such information as they may require concerning any retained benefits of his;

(c) permit the disclosure by those administrators of any information which they may obtain concerning any such retained benefits—

(i) to, or to any officers of, the Commissioners of Inland Revenue; or

(ii) to, or to any servants or agents of, any authorised provider who is, or may be, concerned in the investment of the voluntary contributions or the provision of the additional benefits in question.

(4) Regulations—

(a) may not prohibit the payment of voluntary contributions;

(b) may not impose any limit on the amount which a person may pay by way of voluntary contributions, other than F38 . . . —

(i) such upper limit as may be imposed by virtue of subsection (2)(b) above; F39 . . .

(ii) F39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) must secure that any voluntary contributions paid by a person are used to provide additional benefits for or in respect of him; and

(d) must secure that the value of such additional benefits is reasonable, having regard to—

(i) the amount paid by way of voluntary contributions;

(ii) the value of the other benefits provided under the scheme constituted by this Part; and

[F40 (iii) the general value of benefits available to a person under any contract of life insurance entered into by him with an insurer;]

but paragraphs (c) and (d) above have effect only in relation to a voluntary contributions scheme constituted by or under this Part.

(5) Regulations may, in particular—

(a) provide that the value of additional benefits offered on payment of voluntary contributions shall be determined in accordance with prescribed rules based on tables prepared for the purposes of the regulations by the Government Actuary;

(b) prescribe the manner in which it is to be determined in any case whether the amount of a person’s contributions exceeds any such limit as is mentioned in subsection (4)(b) above;

(c) provide for any administrative expenses incurred by any person by virtue of this section to be defrayed out of sums received by way of voluntary contributions;

(d) provide for the manner in which voluntary contributions are to be made;

(e) make provision for, and in connection with, the valuation of a person’s accrued rights—

(i) under any occupational or personal pension scheme, which are to be transferred into a voluntary contributions scheme, or

(ii) under any voluntary contributions scheme, which on termination of his membership of that scheme may fall to be transferred into another scheme;

(f) prescribe the additional benefits which are to be available under a voluntary contributions scheme and the rates and times at which those benefits are to be payable;

(g) make provision for and in connection with the making of elections between different benefits available under voluntary contributions schemes;

(h) provide for the terms on which a person may terminate his membership of a voluntary contributions scheme;

(j) provide for the terms on which surplus funds may be refunded to a person who has made payments by way of voluntary contributions to a voluntary contributions scheme;

(k) specify any authorised providers—

(i) who are to invest any prescribed voluntary contributions, or

(ii) who are to provide any prescribed additional benefits,

and, if two or more authorised providers are so specified, may make provision entitling any person who makes prescribed payments by way of voluntary contributions to elect between those authorised providers.

(6) Regulations may provide for such additional benefits arising under or by virtue of this section as may be prescribed—

(a) to be charged on, and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund; or

(b) to be paid out of money provided by Parliament.

(7) The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by the appropriate Minister with the concurrence of the Treasury.

(8) In this section—

• “aggregable benefits” means—

  (a)

  any pensions or other benefits under this Part, other than such additional benefits as are mentioned in subsection (1) above;

  (b)

  such additional benefits so mentioned as may be prescribed; and

  (c)

  such retained benefits as may be prescribed;

• [F41 authorised provider”, in relation to the investment of any sums paid by way of voluntary contributions or the provision of any benefit, means—

  (a)

  a person who has permission under [F42 Part 4A] of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to invest such sums or, as the case may be, to provide that benefit;

  (b)

  F43 ...

  (c)

  F43 ...]

• “employment” has the same meaning as it has in the [F44 Pension Schemes Act 1993] (and accordingly includes employment as a self-employed earner, within the meaning of [F44 section 2 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992]);

• [F45 “insurer” means—

  (a)

  a person who has permission under [F42 Part 4A] of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of long-term insurance;

  (b)

  F46 ...]

• “occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by [F47 section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993] or, in relation to Northern Ireland, [F48 section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993];

• “personal pension scheme” has the meaning given by [F49 section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993] or, in relation to Northern Ireland, [F50 section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993];

• “prescribed” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations;

• “regulations” means regulations under this section;

• F51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “retained benefits”, in the case of any person, means any rights retained by him to F52 . . . benefits under any occupational or personal pension scheme which [F53 is registered under Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004], being rights which accrued during some previous employment;

• “surplus funds”, in relation to a person and any voluntary contributions scheme, means any funds which are, or have been, held for the purposes of that voluntary contributions scheme and which fall to be returned to him in consequence of any such limit as is mentioned in subsection (4)(b) above;

• F54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “voluntary contributions scheme” means any occupational pension scheme if and to the extent that it is a scheme under which such additional benefits as are mentioned in subsection (1) above are, or are to be, provided;

and, where a person’s voluntary contributions are made by deduction from salary, any reference to payment of, or by way of, voluntary contributions shall be taken to include a reference to the making of voluntary contributions by deduction or, as the case may require, to any voluntary contributions so made.

[F55 (8A) In subsection (8), the definitions of “authorised provider” and “insurer” must be read with—

(a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

(b) any relevant order under that section; and

(c) Schedule 2 to that Act.

F56 (8B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F56 (8C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F56 (8D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F56 (8E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(9) Without prejudice to section 29(6) below, regulations under this section may make different provision for different classes or descriptions of voluntary contributions scheme.

(10) Without prejudice to subsections (5)(c) and (d) and (6) above, there may be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a) any sums required for or in connection with the operation or administration of any prescribed voluntary contributions scheme; or

(b) any administrative expenses incurred under or by virtue of this section by a Minister of the Crown or government department.

(11) Any sums received under this section may be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Textual Amendments

F38 Words in s. 10(4)(b) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 4(2)

F39 S. 10(4)(b)(ii) and preceding word omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 4(2)

F40 S. 10(4)(d)(iii) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 112(2)

F41 Definition of “authorised provider” in s. 10(8) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 112(3)(a)

F42 Words in s. 10(8) substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 18 para. 75(2) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F43 Words in s. 10(8) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The EEA Passport Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1149), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 33(2)(a)(i) (with reg. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F44 S. 10(8): words in the definition of “employment”substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 46(1)(a) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F45 Definition of “insurer” in s. 10(8) inserted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 112(3)(b)

F46 Words in s. 10(8) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The EEA Passport Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1149), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 33(2)(a)(ii) (with reg. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F47 S. 10(8): words in the definition of “occupational pension scheme” substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 46(1)(b) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F48 S. 10(8): words in the definition of “occupational pension scheme” substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 43(1)(a); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

F49 S. 10(8): words in the definition of “personal pension scheme” substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 46(1)(c) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F50 S. 10(8): words in the definition of “personal pension scheme” substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 43(1)(b); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2

F51 S. 18: definition of "relevant benefits" omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 4(3)(a)

F52 S. 10(8): word in definition of "retained benefits" omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 4(3)(b)

F53 S. 10(8): words in definition of "retained benefits" substituted (6.4.2006) by The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 4(3)(b)

F54 S. 10(8): definitions of "tax exemption" and "tax approval" omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 4(3)(c)

F55 S. 10(8A)-(8E) inserted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 112(4)

F56 S. 10(8B)-(8E) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The EEA Passport Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1149), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 33(2)(b) (with reg. 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C17 S. 10(4) amended (1.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1696, reg. 68, Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 22(1)

Relationship with other pension schemes U.K.

11 Provision against pensions under two or more judicial pension schemes. U.K.

(1) Where this Part applies, or would, apart from section 13 below, apply, to a person—

(a) no other judicial pension scheme, apart from—

(i) any scheme established by regulations under section 10 above which may fall to be regarded as a judicial pension scheme, and

(ii) the scheme constituted by section 19 below, shall have effect in relation to him; and

(b) no pension or lump sum under any such scheme shall be paid to or in respect of him.

(2) Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to a person’s accrued rights to benefit under any such scheme in respect of service before the relevant day; and, in the case of a person to whom this Part applies, any such rights which he may have shall accordingly be given effect in accordance with section 12 below.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall not—

(a) preclude the payment of a pension or other benefits under—

(i) the principal civil service pension scheme, or

(ii) the principal civil service pension scheme for the civil service of Northern Ireland,

in respect of service before the relevant day, or

(b) affect any rights to a pension or other benefits under either of those schemes in respect of such service,

unless at least some of that service was in qualifying judicial office.

(4) In this section, the “relevant day”, in the case of any person, means the day on which this Part first applies, or would, apart from section 13(8)(a) below, first apply, to him.

[F57 (5) This section does not prevent a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 having effect in relation to a person.]

[F58 (6) This section does not prevent a scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 having effect in relation to a person.]

Textual Amendments

F57 S. 11(5) inserted (1.4.2014) by Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 25), s. 41(2), Sch. 8 para. 17 (with Sch. 11 para. 8); S.I. 2014/839, art. 4(2)(i)

F58 S. 11(6) added (N.I.) (28.4.2014) by Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 2), s. 37(2), Sch. 8 para. 18; S.R. 2014/123, art. 2(1)(r)

12 Transfer of rights [F59 under judicial pension schemes]. U.K.

(1) Where this Part begins to apply to a person by virtue of paragraph (b), (c) [F60 , (d) or (e)] of section 1(1) above [F61 or by virtue of paragraph 11(4) of Schedule 9 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007]—

(a) any relevant rights of his shall be transferred to the scheme constituted by this Part; and

(b) F62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) Regulations may make provision—

(a) for calculating, whether by actuarial assessment or otherwise, the amount or value of the rights transferred under subsection (1) above, and

(b) prescribing the manner in which those rights are to be given effect under this Part,

and, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) above, regulations under that paragraph may provide for those rights to be so given effect by crediting the person in question with such service on or after the relevant day as may be prescribed.

(3) For the purposes of this section—

(a) a person’s “relevant rights” are his accrued rights to benefit under any judicial pension scheme constituted otherwise than by or under this Act; but

(b) rights under—

(i) the principal civil service pension scheme, or

(ii) the principal civil service pension scheme for the civil service of Northern Ireland,

shall not be regarded as relevant rights for the purposes of this section unless at least some of the person’s service which was subject to the scheme in question was service in qualifying judicial office and, in that event, all his rights under that scheme shall be regarded as relevant rights.

(4) In this section—

• “prescribe” means prescribe in regulations;

• “regulations” means regulations made by the appropriate Minister with the concurrence of the Treasury;

• “the relevant day”, in relation to any person, means the day on which this Part first applies to him.

Textual Amendments

F59 S. 12: words in side-note substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 17(2); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

F60 Words in s. 12(1) substituted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 17(1)(a); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

F61 Words in s. 12(1) inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 17(1)(b); S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

F62 S. 12(1)(b) repealed (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2),146, 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 17(1)(c), {Sch. 23 Pt. 1}; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d)(i)(ii) (with art. 3)

[F63 12A Transfer of rights under other public service pension schemes U.K.

(1) Where this Part—

(a) begins, on or after the day on which this section comes into force, to apply to a person by virtue of section 1(1)(d) above, or

(b) begins to apply to a person—

(i) by virtue of section 1(1)(e) above, or

(ii) by virtue of paragraph 11(4) of Schedule 9 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007,

any relevant public service pension rights of his shall be transferred to the scheme constituted by this Part.

(2) Where a person's rights under a public service pension scheme are transferred under subsection (1) above—

(a) that scheme shall no longer have effect in relation to him, and

(b) no pension or lump sum under the scheme shall be paid to or in respect of him.

(3) Regulations may make provision—

(a) for calculating, whether by actuarial assessment or otherwise, the amount or value of the rights transferred under subsection (1) above, and

(b) prescribing the manner in which those rights are to be given effect under this Part.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) above, regulations under that paragraph may provide for rights transferred under subsection (1) above to be given effect by crediting the person in question with such service, on or after the day on which this Part first applies to the person, as may be prescribed.

(5) For the purposes of this section, a persons's “relevant public service pension rights” are the person's accrued rights to benefit under any public service pension scheme, but this is subject to subsections (6) to (8) below.

(6) A person's rights under a public service pension scheme are not “relevant public service pension rights” if the scheme is a judicial pension scheme other than—

(a) the principal civil service pension scheme, or

(b) the principal civil service pension scheme for the civil service of Northern Ireland.

(7) A person's rights—

(a) under the principal civil service pension scheme, or

(b) under the principal civil service pension scheme for the civil service of Northern Ireland,

are not “relevant public service pension rights” if they are transferred under section 12 above.

(8) A person's rights under a public service pension scheme are not “relevant public service pension rights” unless at least some of his service which was subject to the scheme was qualifying tribunal service and, in that event, all of his rights under the scheme shall be regarded as relevant public service pension rights.

(9) In this section—

• “prescribe” means prescribe in regulations;

• “public service pension scheme” means any public service pension scheme, as defined in—

  (a)

  section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, or

  (b)

  section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;

• “qualifying tribunal service” means—

  (a)

  service as, or as a member of, a tribunal specified in a list in Schedule 6 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 that has effect for the purposes of section 30 of that Act, or

  (b)

  service as an authorised decision-maker for a tribunal, within the meaning given by section 31(4) of that Act;

• “regulations” means regulations made by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Treasury.

Textual Amendments

F63 Ss. 12A, 12B inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 18; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

12B Rate of pension etc. where rights transferred under section 12 or 12A U.K.

Entitlement to, and the rate or amount of, any judicial pension or derivative benefit payable under this Part to or in respect of a person whose rights are transferred under section 12 or 12A above shall be determined by reference to—

(a) any rights of his that are transferred under section 12 above,

(b) any rights of his that are transferred under section 12A above, and

(c) his service in qualifying judicial office on or after the day on which this Part first applies to him.]

Textual Amendments

F63 Ss. 12A, 12B inserted (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(2), 148(5), Sch. 9 para. 18; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(d) (with art. 3)

13 Election for personal pension instead of judicial pension. U.K.

[F64 (1) A person to whom this Part applies, or to whom it would apply but for this section, may at any time serve on the appropriate Minister a written notice of election that this Part should not apply to him.

(1A) A person appointed to a qualifying judicial office may, at any time before beginning to serve in that office, serve on the appropriate Minister a written notice of election that this Part should not apply to him in relation to that office.

(1B) An election under this section—

(a) if made by notice under subsection (1) above, shall take effect on the date specified in the notice, which shall be not less than one month after service of the notice;

(b) if made by notice under subsection (1A) above, shall take effect when the person appointed begins to serve in that office.]

(2) An election made by a person under this section—

(a) shall be irrevocable, except as provided by the following provisions of this section; and

(b) shall not affect any rights of his which accrued under this Part before the election comes into force;

and, in accordance with section 2(7)(b)(iii) above, any service of his in qualifying judicial office while the election is in force shall be left out of account in determining the length of his service in such office for the purposes of this Part.

(3) Where an election under this section is in force and the person who made it continues to hold qualifying judicial office, he may make a written application to the appropriate Minister requesting that he should once again become a person to whom this Part applies.

(4) If, on an application under subsection (3) above, the appropriate Minister is satisfied that the applicant is in good health, he may direct that this Part shall once again apply to the applicant with effect from a date (his “date of re-admission”) not less than three months after service of the application.

(5) A person’s election under this section shall cease to be in force on his date of re-admission.

(6) An applicant under subsection (3) above shall—

(a) provide such evidence relating to his health, and

(b) submit to any such medical examination,

as may be reasonably required by the appropriate Minister.

(7) The appropriate Minister shall give written notice of his decision on an application under subsection (3) above to the applicant not later than three months after service of the application.

(8) Where an election (whenever made) under any of the corresponding provisions is in force in respect of a person on the relevant day—

(a) the election shall have effect for the purposes of this Part, and shall continue in force, as if made under this section; and

(b) if and so long as the election remains in force, the person shall be precluded from making an election under section 1(2) above;

but if, on an application under subsection (3) above in relation to the election, the appropriate Minister directs that this Part shall apply to that person, the election shall, in accordance with subsection (5) above, cease to be in force for the purposes of this Part (as well as for those of the Act or instrument containing the corresponding provision), paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall cease to have effect in relation to it, and the application shall have effect as the applicant’s election under section 1(2) above.

(9) In this section—

• “the corresponding provisions” means—

  (a)

  section 14A(3) of the 1981 Act;

  (b)

  section 116A(3) of the M3 County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959;

  (c)

  section 2A(3) of the M4 Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960;

  (d)

  section 2A(3) of the M5 Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964;

  (e)

  section 2A(1) of the M6 Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;

  (f)

  paragraph 7A(3) of Schedule 10 to the M7 Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975;

  and, in the case of any other judicial pension scheme, any provision of that scheme which [F65 confers a right on a person to elect that this Part shall not apply to him];

• F66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “the relevant day”, in the case of any person, means the day on which this Part first applies, or would, apart from any election under this section or the corresponding provisions, first apply to him.

Textual Amendments

F64 S. 13(1)-(1B) substituted (19.12.2003) for s. 13(1) by The Judicial Pensions (Election against Benefits) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2916), reg. 4(2) (with reg. 2(1)(3))

F65 S. 13(9): words in definition of "corresponding provisions" substituted (19.12.2003) by The Judicial Pensions (Election against Benefits) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2916), reg. 4(3) (with reg. 2(1)(3))

F66 S. 13(9): definition of "personal pension scheme" omitted (19.12.2003) by virtue of The Judicial Pensions (Election against Benefits) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2916), reg. 4(3) (with reg. 2(1)(3))

Marginal Citations

M3 1959 c. 25 (N.I.).

M4 1960 c. 2 (N.I.).

M5 1964 c. 29 (N.I.).

M6 1969 c. 7 (N.I.).

M7 1975 c. 15.

Supplemental provisions U.K.

14 Application of this Part to holders of the office of Lord Chancellor. U.K.

(1) Not more than one pension shall be paid under section 2 above and the M8 Lord Chancellor’s Pension Act 1832 to a person to whom this Part applies who has also held the office of Lord Chancellor.

(2) In determining the appropriate annual rate of a pension payable under section 2 above to such a person as is mentioned in subsection (1) above who either—

(a) was holding the office of Lord Chancellor immediately before the appointed day, or

(b) first held that office on or after that day,

the length of his service in qualifying judicial office shall be treated as increased by the aggregate length of his periods of service in the office of Lord Chancellor (excluding any day of service in that office which is also a day of service in qualifying judicial office).

(3) Where a pension under the M9 Lord Chancellor’s Pension Act 1832 is, or would, but for his death, have been, paid to such a person as is mentioned in subsection (1) above (so that no derivative benefits are payable to or in respect of him under this Act) Part II of the 1981 Act shall continue to have effect with respect to the derivative benefits, within the meaning of that Part, which are payable to or in respect of him by virtue of his service in the office of Lord Chancellor, and shall do so notwithstanding anything in section 11 or 12 above.

(4) Except as provided by subsection (3) above, no pension or other benefit shall be paid under that Part of that Act to or in respect of a person to whom this Part applies.

Marginal Citations

M8 1832 c. 111.

M9 1832 c. 111.

15 Circuit judges: the Recorder of London and the Common Serjeant. U.K.

Subject to sections 1(8) above and 21 below and to any regulations under section 38 or 39A of the M10 Superannuation Act 1965 (employment in more than one public office), nothing in this Part shall apply in relation to the pensions and other benefits payable to or in respect of a person in respect of his service as a Circuit judge by virtue of holding the office of Recorder of London or Common Serjeant; and accordingly—

(a) those matters shall continue to be provided for as mentioned in section 7 of the M11 City of London (Courts) Act 1964 (remuneration, pensions and other benefits in respect of those offices to be defrayed by the Common Council); and

(b) service as a Circuit judge by virtue of holding either of those offices shall not be regarded as service in qualifying judicial office.

Marginal Citations

M10 1965 c. 74.

M11 1964 c. iv.

16 Disregard of abatement of pension under s.65 of the Social Security Act 1973 etc. U.K.

In making any calculation for the purposes of sections 4 to 8 above, any abatement of a pension falling to be made under any order made under—

F67 [(a) section 141 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (modification of public service schemes) or section 143 of that Act (winding up of public service schemes);]

F68 [(b) section 137 or 139 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (corresponding Northern Ireland provisions);]

shall be left out of account.

Textual Amendments

F67 S. 16(a) substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 46(2) (with s. 6(8)); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F68 S. 16(b) substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 184, Sch. 7 para. 43(3); S.R. 1994/17, art.2

[F69 17 Effect of certain nullity decrees. U.K.

Where a marriage or civil partnership which is voidable, but not void from the beginning, is annulled by any court, the same results shall follow under this Part as would have followed if the marriage or the civil partnership had not been voidable but had been dissolved at the date of the annulment.]

Textual Amendments

F69 S. 17 substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 74

18 Continuity of tax treatment. U.K.

F70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F70 S. 18 ceased to have effect (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 5