# Judicial Pensions Act 1981, Paragraph 3


In the case of a person who at a time immediately before 1st April 1974 held office as a stipendiary magistrate under section 29 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 contributions to his pension under section 7 of this Act, and to any derivative benefit, shall be paid and borne under the law in force at that time, and as if his service as a stipendiary magistrate after the beginning of April 1974 had been service as a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/20/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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