{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/20",
  "legislation_title": "Judicial Pensions Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Application of Part II, and interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Part of this Act—\n“judicial office” means an office in column 1 of the following Table,\n“derivative benefit” means any lump sum under this Part of this Act or any widow's, widower's, surviving civil partner's or children’s pension,\n“the personal pension”, in relation to any derivative benefit or contribution to the cost of a derivative benefit (the “related” derivative benefit or contribution) means the pension eligibility for which is a condition of the granting of the derivative benefit,\n“relevant service”, in relation to a pension for service in a judicial office, or in relation to a related benefit or contribution, means the kind of service, under one or more appointments, set out against that judicial office in column 2 of the Table.\nTable\nJudicial office\nRelevant service\n. . .\n. . .\nJudge of the Supreme Court.\nService as a judge of the Supreme Court or as a judge of the Senior Courts, the Court of Session or the Court of Judicature.\nJudge of the Senior Courts.\nService as a judge of the Supreme Court or as a judge of the Senior Courts.\nJudge of the Court of Session.\nService as a judge of the Supreme Court or as a judge of the Court of Session.\nJudge of the Court of Judicature.\nService as a judge of the Supreme Court or as a Judge of the Court of Judicature.\nCircuit judge in England and Wales.\nService as a Circuit judge.\nSheriff principal or salaried sheriff in Scotland.\nPensionable service as a sheriff in Scotland.\nStipendiary magistrate in England and Wales.\nService as a stipendiary magistrate in England or Wales.\nJudge Advocate General who has duly elected that section 9 of this Act shall apply to him.\nService as Judge Advocate General.\nMember of . . . Lands Tribunal for Scotland.\nService as a member of that Tribunal\nChairman of the Scottish Land Court.\nService as Chairman of the Scottish Land Court.\nAny office pensionable under section 12 of this Act.\nRelevant service as defined by section 12(5) of this Act.\nSocial Security Commissioner.\nSalaried service as a Social Security Commissioner, and any other service which under section 13(4)(b)of this Act counts as service as a Commissioner.\nAny office in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act, except where under paragraph 3 of that Schedule this Part of this Act does not apply.\nRelevant service as defined in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this Act in relation to the office.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 16: words in definition of \"derivative benefit\" substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3325), art. 52"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 16 table entry repealed (25.4.2013) by Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 25), s. 41(1)(b), Sch. 11 para. 6(a) (with Sch. 11 para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 16: words in table entry substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 37(1)(a), 148(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 16: words in table entries substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 37(1)(b), 148(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 16: words in table entries substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 25(3); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 16: words in table entries substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 25(3); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 16: words in table entry omitted (1.6.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 141(a) (with Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 16: words in table entry substituted (1.6.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 141(b) (with Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 16: words in table entry substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, ss. 1(2), 15, 16(3)(b), Sch. 1 para. 4; S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/20/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:16.188680+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}