SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Retirement date for holders of judicial offices etc

PART 1Amendments of legislation

I116Senior Courts Act 1981 (c. 54)

1

The Senior Courts Act 1981 is amended as follows.

2

In section 9 (assistance for transaction of judicial business), in subsection (4A), for the words from “70” to the end substitute “75”.

3

In section 11 (tenure of office of judges of Senior Courts), in subsection (2), for “seventy years” substitute “75”.

4

In section 92 (tenure of office of certain officers of Senior Courts), in subsection (1)—

a

for the words from “, to section 91(3)” to “75)” substitute “and to section 91(3)”;

b

for “seventy years” substitute “75”.