Section 29B Pension credits: restriction on paymentsF1
(1)
The appropriate Minister shall have no power to accept, for the benefit of a member of a judicial pension scheme constituted under or by virtue of this Act—
(a)
a payment under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999,
(b)
a payment under section 95 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 F2 , or
(c)
any other payment,
to the extent that that payment directly or indirectly represents a pension credit.
(2)
In this section “the appropriate Minister” means—
(a)
in relation to any judicial office whose jurisdiction is exercised exclusively in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State; or
(b)
subject to paragraph (a), the Lord Chancellor.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 29B inserted (1.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/2985, reg. 2
- F2