{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-and-retirement-act-1993/section-28A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-and-retirement-act-1993/section-28A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/8",
  "legislation_title": "Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-and-retirement-act-1993",
  "path": "section/28A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28A",
  "heading": "Northern Ireland",
  "text": "The Lord Chancellor and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may make arrangements under which the Department is to make contributions to the cost of the liabilities under this Act for pensions, lump sums or other payments in respect of persons' service in qualifying judicial office in Northern Ireland or as a fee-paid judge in Northern Ireland (within the meaning given by section 18A) .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 28A inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 49 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 28A inserted (3.3.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(1)(c), Sch. 5 para. 7 (with s. 87)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/8/section/28A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:17.488604+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."
}