The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2022

Amendment to the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) Order 2015 U.K.

131.—(1) In article 3 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) Order 2015(1) (“the Judicial Offices Order”), for “the Schedule” substitute “Schedule 1 or Schedule 2”.

(2) The Schedule to the Judicial Offices Order is amended as follows—

(a) after the entry for “Chair of the Health Service Products (Pricing, Cost Control and Information) Appeals Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021” insert the following entries—

“Chair of the Police Appeals Tribunal”;

“Chair of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal”;

(b) after the entry for “Master of the Rolls” insert the following entries—

“Member of a panel constituted under Article 7(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 who is appointed to serve as a member of that panel and is a barrister or solicitor”;

“Member of a panel of chairmen appointed under Article 82 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998”;

“Member of a panel of chairmen appointed under regulation 4(1)(a) of the Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005”;

(c) after the entry for “Other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Lands Chamber and is a Member or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors holding office on or after 1st April 2021” insert the following entries—

“Part-time Sheriff (Scotland)”;

“Part-time Stipendiary Magistrate (Scotland)”;

“Part-time Summary Sheriff (Scotland)”;

“President of appeals tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998) appointed under Article 6 of that Order”;

(d) after the entry “President of the Welsh Tribunals holding office on or after 1st April 2021” insert the following entries—

“President or other member of the Lands Tribunal where that office is held on a salaried basis”;

“President or Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal appointed under Article 82 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998”;

(e) for the entry for “President or Chairman of the Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales” substitute—

“President or member of the legal chair panel of the Education Tribunal for Wales”;

(f) after the entry for “Temporary High Court Judge (Northern Ireland)” insert—

“Temporary Judge (Scotland)”.

(3) The existing Schedule to the Judicial Offices Order is renamed “Schedule 1”.

(4) After Schedule 1 to the Judicial Offices Order, as so renamed, insert the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 131(1)(3)(4) in force at 1.10.2022 by virtue of reg. 1(3)

I2 Reg. 131(2) in force at 1.4.2022, see reg. 1(4)

(1)

S.I. 2015/580. The Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) Order 2015 has been amended by S.I. 2015/1483; S.I. 2018/186; S.I. 2018/130 and S.I. 2021/36.