# The Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) Order 2015 S.I. 2015/580 · made 5 March 2015 · revised to 1 October 2026 This instrument specifies those judicial offices which comprise the judiciary for the purposes of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013. A person holding a judicial office specified in this instrument is eligible to be included in a judicial pension scheme made under that Act Made under: Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Schedule 1 paragraph 2) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-act-2013-judicial-offices-order-2015/pdf/uksi_20150580_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-act-2013-judicial-offices-order-2015/pdf/uksiem_20150580_en.pdf ## Introductory text Public Service Pensions Made 5th March 2015 Laid before Parliament 10th March 2015 Coming into force 1st April 2015 The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State make this Order in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Public Service Pensions Act 2013. ## 1 Citation and Commencement This Order may be cited as the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015. ## 2 Interpretation For the purposes of this Order, an office is “held on a salaried basis” if service in that office is remunerated by payment of a salary. ## 3 Judicial Offices A person who holds one of the offices specified in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 is a member of the judiciary for the purposes of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013. ## Signature Chris Grayling Lord Chancellor Ministry of Justice 5th March 2015 Alistair Carmichael One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 4th March 2015 ## Schedule 1 Specified Judicial Offices Admiralty Registrar Appointed Person for design right appeals Appointed Person for trademark appeals Assistant Judge Advocate General Chair of the Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021 Chair of the Health Service Products (Pricing, Cost Control and Information) Appeals Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021 Chair of the Police Appeals Tribunal Chair of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal Chair of the Reinstatement Committee holding office on or after 1st April 2021 Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal Chairman of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board Member (Chair Only) First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) Criminal Injuries Compensation Chairman of the National Security Certificate Appeals Tribunal (Northern Ireland) ... Chairman of the Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunal ... Chairman of the Scottish Land Court Chamber President of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal Chamber President ... of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal Chancellor of the High Court Chief or other Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland Chief or other Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland Circuit Judge Common Serjeant Coroner (Northern Ireland) Coroner for Treasure County Court Judge (Northern Ireland) Deputy Admiralty Registrar Deputy Chair of the Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021 Deputy Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal Deputy Chairman of the National Security Certificate Appeals Tribunal (Northern Ireland) Deputy Chamber President of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal Deputy Chamber President of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal Deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland Deputy Chief Coroner appointed by the Lord Chancellor who is not also a Senior Coroner Deputy Circuit Judge (Sitting in retirement) Deputy Coroner (Northern Ireland) Deputy County Court Judge (Northern Ireland) Deputy District Judge Deputy District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (England and Wales) Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (Northern Ireland) Deputy High Court Judge (England and Wales) Deputy High Court Judge (Northern Ireland) Deputy Judge Advocate Deputy Master, Business and Property Division Deputy Master, Queen’s Bench Division Deputy President of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal Deputy Registrar of Civil Appeals Deputy Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland Deputy Taxing Master of the Senior Courts Deputy or Temporary Additional Statutory Officer within the meaning of section 74 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 District Judge District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (England and Wales) District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (Northern Ireland) District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division Employment Judge High Court Judge (England and Wales) High Court Judge (Northern Ireland) High Court Judge (England and Wales) (Sitting in retirement) High Court Judge (Northern Ireland) (Sitting in retirement) Insolvency and Companies Court Judge or Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Judge Advocate General Judge of the Court of Session Judge of the First-tier Tribunal Judge of the Upper Tribunal Judge of the Supreme Court Legal member of the Adjudication Panel for Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021 Legal member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales Legal member of the Rent Assessment Committee Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021 Legal member of the Welsh Language Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021 Legally Qualified Member of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland appointed under paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 Lord Chief Justice of England Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland Lord Justice of Appeal (England and Wales) Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland) Lord Justice of Appeal (England and Wales) (Sitting in retirement) Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland) (Sitting in retirement) Lord Justice Clerk Lord President of the Court of Session Master, Business and Property Division Master, Queen’s Bench Division Master of the Rolls Member of a panel constituted under Article 7(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 who is appointed to serve as a member of that panel and is a barrister or solicitor Member of a panel of chairmen appointed under Article 82 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 Member of a panel of chairmen appointed under regulation 4(1)(a) of the Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 Other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Property Chamber (Residential Property) holding office on or after 1st April 2021 Other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis Other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Lands Chamber and is a Member or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors holding office on or after 1st April 2021 Part-time Sheriff (Scotland) Part-time Stipendiary Magistrate (Scotland) Part-time Summary Sheriff (Scotland) President of appeals tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998) appointed under Article 6 of that Order Other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis President of the Adjudication Panel for Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021 President or member of the legal chair panel of the Education Tribunal for Wales President or Chairman of the Transport Tribunal President or Deputy President of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland appointed under paragraph 2B(1) of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal President of the Competition Commission Appeal Tribunals President of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal President of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales) President of the Employment Tribunals (Scotland) President of the Family Division President or other member of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales President of the Queen’s Bench Division President of the Rent Assessment Committees Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021 President of the Valuation Tribunal for England President of the Welsh Language Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021 President of the Welsh Tribunals holding office on or after 1st April 2021 President or other member of the Lands Tribunal where that office is held on a salaried basis President or Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal appointed under Article 82 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 Queen’s Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals Recorder Recorder of London ... Registrar of Civil Appeals Senior Chair of the Health Service Products (Pricing, Cost Control and Information) Appeals Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021 Senior President of Tribunals Sheriff (Scotland) Sheriff Principal (Scotland) Statutory Officer within the meaning of section 70(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 Stipendiary Magistrate (England and Wales) Stipendiary Magistrate (Scotland) Summary Sheriff (Scotland) Taxing Master of the Senior Courts Temporary Assistant Judge Advocate General Temporary High Court Judge (Northern Ireland) Temporary Judge (Scotland) Transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal Transferred-in judge of the Upper Tribunal Transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis Transferred-in other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis Transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Property Chamber (Residential Property) Transferred-in other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Lands Chamber and is a Member or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Vice Judge Advocate General ## Schedule 2 Admiralty Registrar (sitting in retirement) Appointed Person for design right appeals (sitting in retirement) Appointed Person for trademark appeals (sitting in retirement) Assistant Judge Advocate General (sitting in retirement) Chair of the Health Service Products (Pricing, Cost Control and Information) Appeals Tribunal (sitting in retirement) Chair of the Reinstatement Committee (sitting in retirement) Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (sitting in retirement) Chairman of the National Security Certificate Appeals Tribunal (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement) Chairman of the Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunal (sitting in retirement) Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement) Circuit Judge (sitting in retirement) Coroner (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement) County Court Judge (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement) Deputy Admiralty Registrar (sitting in retirement) Deputy Chair of the Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales (sitting in retirement) Deputy Chairman of the National Security Certificate Appeals Tribunal (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement) Deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement) Deputy Coroner (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement) Deputy County Court Judge (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement) Deputy District Judge (sitting in retirement) Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (England and Wales) (sitting in retirement) Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement) Deputy District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division (sitting in retirement) Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge (sitting in retirement) Deputy Master, Business and Property Division (sitting in retirement) Deputy Master, Queen’s Bench Division (sitting in retirement) Deputy Registrar of Civil Appeals (sitting in retirement) Deputy Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement) Deputy Taxing Master of the Senior Courts (sitting in retirement) Deputy Statutory Officer within the meaning of section 74 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (sitting in retirement) District Judge (sitting in retirement) District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (England and Wales) (sitting in retirement) District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement) District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division (sitting in retirement) Employment Judge (sitting in retirement) High Court Judge (England and Wales) (sitting in retirement) High Court Judge (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement) Insolvency and Companies Court Judge (sitting in retirement) Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (sitting in retirement) Judge of the Upper Tribunal (sitting in retirement) Legal member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (sitting in retirement) Legally Qualified Member of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement) Legal member of the Rent Assessment Committee Wales (sitting in retirement) Legal member of the Welsh Language Tribunal (sitting in retirement) Lord Justice of Appeal (England and Wales) (sitting in retirement) Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement) Master, Business and Property Division (sitting in retirement) Master, Queen’s Bench Division (sitting in retirement) Member of a panel constituted under Article 7(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (sitting in retirement) who is appointed to serve as a member of that panel and is a barrister or solicitor Member of a panel of employment judges appointed in accordance with regulation 7(1)(a) of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (sitting in retirement) Member of the Adjudication Panel for Wales (sitting in retirement) who is legally qualified Member of the Lands Tribunal of Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement) Member of the legal chair panel of the Education Tribunal for Wales (sitting in retirement) Other member of the First-tier Tribunal (sitting in retirement), where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Property Chamber (Residential Property) Other member of the Upper Tribunal (sitting in retirement), where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Lands Chamber and is a Member or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Recorder (sitting in retirement) Registrar of Civil Appeals (sitting in retirement) Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement) Statutory Officer within the meaning of section 70(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (sitting in retirement) Taxing Master of the Senior Courts (sitting in retirement) ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This instrument specifies those judicial offices which comprise the judiciary for the purposes of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013. A person holding a judicial office specified in this instrument is eligible to be included in a judicial pension scheme made under that Act An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the costs of business or the voluntary sector is foreseen. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/580 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-act-2013-judicial-offices-order-2015 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.