The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) Order 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 171

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The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) Order 2008

Made

30th January 2008

Laid before Parliament

30th January 2008

Coming into force

25th February 2008

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(8), 29(3) and 30(1) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993(1):

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) Order 2008 and comes into force on 25th February 2008.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993

2.  In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (the offices which may be qualifying judicial offices)—

(1) in the entry relating to a chairman of a Mental Health Review Tribunal, after “Tribunal” insert “for England”;

(2) after the entry relating to a chairman of a Mental Health Review Tribunal insert—

“Chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales

President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales”.

Jack Straw

Lord Chancellor

30th January 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 by adding to the list of qualifying judicial offices in Schedule 1.

The office of Chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales and the office of President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales both become a qualifying office for the purposes of the 1993 Act.

Consequential amendments are made to the entry referring to Chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

1993 c.8.