Judicial Pensions Act 1981
Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (1981 c. 20)
- Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (1981 c. 20)
- Part I Rate of Pension
- Chapter I The Higher Judiciary
- 1 Interpretation.
- 2 Rate of pension.
- 3 Former holder of office other than high judicial office.
- 4 Provision against double pensions.
- Chapter II Other Judicial Offices
- 5 Circuit judge in England or Wales.
- 6 Sheriffs in Scotland.
- 7 Stipendiary magistrates in England and Wales.
- 8 Judge Advocate General: choice between civil service scheme and special provision.
- 9 Judge Advocate General: special provision.
- 10 President or other member of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland.
- 11 President of pensions appeals tribunals.
- 12 President or chairman of employment tribunals
- 13 Social Security Commissioner.
- 13A Registrar of Criminal Appeals.
- 14 Other judicial offices.
- 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Part II LUMP SUMS AND WIDOWS', SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNERS' AND CHILDREN'S PENSIONS
- 16 Application of Part II, and interpretation.
- 17 Lump sum on retirement or death.
- Widows', surviving civil partners' and children's pensions
- 18 Conditions of grant.
- 18A Widowers’ and surviving civil partners' pensions
- 19 Widows', widowers' and surviving civil partners' pensions
- 20 Children’s pension: beneficiaries.
- 21 Meaning of “period of childhood and full-time education”.
- 22 Children’s pension: rate and mode of payment.
- Contributions
- 23 Contribution towards cost of widow’s and children’s pension.
- Special cases
- 25 Persons serving again after retirement.
- 26 Lord Chancellor.
- Supplemental
- 27 Disregard of abatement of pension under s. 65 of Social Security Act 1973.
- 28 Effect of certain nullity decrees.
- 29 Recommendation of a Minister required in certain cases.
- Part III Supplemental
- 29ZA Restriction of schemes under this Act
- 29A Transfer of accrued benefits.
- 29B Pension credits: restriction on payments
- 30 Saving for Pensions (Increase) Act.
- 31 Payments charged on Consolidated Fund.
- 32 Other financial provisions.
- 32A Appeals.
- 33 Interpretation.
- 33ZA Contributions towards cost of certain judicial pensions etc
- 33A Voluntary contributions.
- 34 County court registrars and assistant registrars.
- 35 Saving for certain Circuit judges in the City of London.
- 36 Transitory provisions, amendments and repeals.
- 37 Short title and commencement.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 CERTAIN SENIOR COURTS AND COUNTY COURT OFFICERS, AND PRESIDENT OF TRANSPORT TRIBUNAL
- Relevant service
- Person within principal civil service pension scheme prior to appointment
- Part II Pension Benefits
- Personal pension
- Retirement for ill-health
- Retirement before qualifying for pension
- Premature retirement on abolition of office
- Discharge for inefficiency
- Re-employment after retirement
- Allocation of benefit to spouse or dependant
- Allocation of benefit on marriage after retirement
- Part III Persons Injured, or Contracting Disease, In Discharge of Their Duties
- Part IV Supplemental
- Temporary abatement of salary to be disregarded
- Service in the armed forces
- Distribution of money without representation
- Delegation of Minister’s power to grant pensions or other benefits
- Minister to determine certain questions
- President of the Transport Tribunal
- SCHEDULE 1A TRANSFER OF ACCRUED BENEFITS
- Part I General
- Interpretation
- Regulations
- Other provisions about transfer values
- Part II Transfers Out
- Qualifying members
- Qualifying member’s right to a transfer payment
- Method of taking cash benefit
- Calculation of cash equivalents
- Time within which option must be exercised
- Option to be exercised in writing
- Cancellation of exercise of option
- Part III Transfers In
- Application to accept payment into scheme
- Cancellation of request
- Regulations
- SCHEDULE 2 TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
- The Higher Judiciary
- Circuit judges
- Stipendiary magistrates in England and Wales
- Application of Part II to certain abolished offices
- Officers within Schedule 1 to this Act
- High Court registry at Liverpool or Manchester
- Judicial offices within Chapter II of Part I
- Part II Derivative Benefits
- Person serving on 15 December 1950: election against all derivative benefits
- Persons serving on 15 December 1950: election against benefits for widow and children
- Relevant service wholly before 18 April 1973
- Persons serving on 18 April 1973: election for application of paragraph 14 above
- Pension not wholly attributable to service after 17 April 1973
- Persons serving on 18 April 1973: election for pensions wholly attributable to service on or after that date
- Saving for provisions about elections
- Part III Modification of Part II in Relation to Service before April 1973
- Widow’s pension
- Children’s pension
- Contributions
- Part IV Widower’s Pensions
- General
- Service wholly before the commencement date
- Members retiring between publication and commencement date
- Service partly before and partly after the commencement date
- Pension not wholly attributable to service after 17 April 1973
- PART 5 SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNERS' PENSIONS
- General
- Service wholly on or before the relevant date
- Service on and after the relevant date
- SCHEDULE 3 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
- Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49)
- Superannuation Act 1965 (c. 74)
- Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)
- Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 (c. 28)
- Courts Act 1971 (c. 23)
- Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56)
- Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11)
- Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15)
- Social Security Act 1980 (c.30)
- SCHEDULE 4 REPEALS
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