Section 18A Pension scheme for fee-paid judgesF1

United Kingdom

(1)

The appropriate Minister may by regulations establish a scheme for the payment of pensions and other benefits to or in respect of fee-paid judges.

(2)

The scheme may make provision for payments to or in respect of a person in relation to the person's service before the scheme is established.

(3)

No benefits are to be provided under a new public service pension scheme in relation to service in relation to which benefits are to be provided under a scheme under this section.

“New public service pension scheme” means a scheme under—

(a)

section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013, or

(b)

section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 2).

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(6)

Regulations under this section may, in particular, include provision corresponding or similar to—

(a)

any provision made by Part 1, section 20 or Schedule 2 or 2A;

(b)

any provision that may be made by regulations under Part 1, section 20 or Schedule 2 or 2A.

(7)

In this section—

“judge” means a person who holds an office specified in the regulations;
“fee-paid judge” means a judge whose service is remunerated by the payment of fees (as opposed to the payment of a salary).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 1A inserted (3.3.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), ss. 78(1), 89(1)(c) (with s. 87)
F2: S. 18A(4)(5) omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.4.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), ss. 88(7), 131(1)(2)(f)