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The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/1454 · Made 21 May 1999

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PENSIONS

Made 21st May 1999

Laid before Parliament 25th May 1999

Coming into force 1st June 1999

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 1(8), 26(9)(a), 29(1) and (6) and section 30(1)f1 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993f2, hereby makes the following Order–

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Under section 30(1) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8), the Lord Chancellor is “the appropriate Minister” for the purposes of that Act in relation to judicial offices other than those whose jurisdiction is exercised exclusively in relation to Scotland.

f2

1993 c. 8.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Schedules 1 and 5 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993
  3. 3Amendment of Schedules 1 and 5 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st June 1999.

2Amendment of Schedules 1 and 5 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993

In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (offices which may be qualifying judicial offices for the purposes of Part I of the Act) there shall be added at the end of the entry headed “Other officers whose holders are appointed by the Lord Chancellor” the following offices–

“Member of a panel constituted under section 6(1) of the Social Security Act 1998f1 who–

(a)

is appointed to serve full-time as a member of that panel; and

(b)

either–

(i)

has a general qualification (construed in accordance with section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990f2); or

(ii)

is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland

Member of a panel constituted under Article 7(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998f3 who–

(a)

is appointed to serve full-time as a member of that panel; and

(b)

is a barrister or solicitor”.

3Amendment of Schedules 1 and 5 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993

At the end of Schedule 5 to that Act (retirement provisions: the relevant offices) there shall be added the following offices–

“Member of a panel constituted under section 6(1) of the Social Security Act 1998

Member of a panel constituted under Article 7(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998”.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 21st May 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds two offices to the list of offices–

(a)

in Part II of Schedule 1 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (offices which may be qualifying judicial offices for the purposes of Part I of the Act); and

(b)

in Schedule 5 to that Act (retirement provisions: the relevant offices).

This Order does not impose a charge upon business.