# The Superannuation (Children’s Pensions) (Earnings Limit) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/862 · made 28 March 1991

Subject to certain conditions section 21 of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 permits the payment of a children’s pension under that Act to continue after the child reaches the age of 16 if the child is undergoing training for a trade, profession or vocation. One of the conditions is that the emoluments received during training, excluding any emoluments receivable or payable by way of return of any premium paid in respect of the training, do not exceed £1398 a year. This Order revokes the Superannuation (Children’s Pensions) (Earnings Limit) Order 1990 and increases the limit on such emoluments from £1398 to £1550 a year.

Made under: Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (Section 21)

## Introductory text

PENSIONS
Made 28th March 1991
Laid before Parliament 3rd April 1991
Coming into force 8th April 1991
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(5) of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 and now vested in them, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Superannuation (Children’s Pensions) (Earnings Limit) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 8th April 1991.

## 2 Increase in children’s earnings limit

The sum mentioned in section 21(1)(c)(ii) of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (which excludes from the definition of “period of childhood and full-time education” a person over 16 who is undergoing training if the emoluments payable by his employer are more than the said sum) is hereby increased from £1398 to £1550.

## 3 Revocation of previous order

The Superannuation (Children’s Pensions) (Earnings Limit) Order 1990 is hereby revoked.

## Signature

Sydney Chapman
Nicholas Baker
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
28th March 1991

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
Subject to certain conditions section 21 of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 permits the payment of a children’s pension under that Act to continue after the child reaches the age of 16 if the child is undergoing training for a trade, profession or vocation. One of the conditions is that the emoluments received during training, excluding any emoluments receivable or payable by way of return of any premium paid in respect of the training, do not exceed £1398 a year. This Order revokes the Superannuation (Children’s Pensions) (Earnings Limit) Order 1990 and increases the limit on such emoluments from £1398 to £1550 a year.

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