# Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993, Section 18A: Pension scheme for fee-paid judges

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/8/section/18A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-and-retirement-act-1993/section-18A
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