Explanatory note

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 124(3) and (4)(a), (b), (c) and (f), and section 129(1)(b) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 in order to prescribe offices held by, and further descriptions of, persons eligible to be appointed to a sitting in retirement office. These Regulations only apply to sitting in retirement offices where the appointing authority is the Lord Chief Justice, the Senior President of Tribunals, the Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland or the Lord President of the Court of Session.

The Tables in Schedule 1 to these Regulations list the prescribed judicial offices that a person must hold or have held prior to their retirement in order to be appointed to the corresponding sitting in retirement office.

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