# Access to Justice Act 1999, Paragraph 24


(1) For the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (2), a person who—
(a) is a stipendiary magistrate or metropolitan stipendiary magistrate immediately before the time when section 78 of this Act comes into force, and
(b) is at that time a member of a judicial pension scheme constituted by the Judicial Pensions Act 1981,
shall not be regarded as having been appointed (by virtue of paragraph 22) to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) but shall instead be regarded as if he continued to be a stipendiary magistrate or metropolitan stipendiary magistrate.
(2) The purposes referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are those of—
(a) the Judicial Pensions Act 1981,
(b) any scheme constituted by that Act, and
(c) any enactment made by or under an Act which applies to such a scheme or to rights arising under such a scheme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/22/schedule/14/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999/schedule-14/paragraph-24
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