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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Judicial Pensions Act 1981

1981 CHAPTER 20

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Rate of Pension

    1. Chapter I

      The Higher Judiciary

      1. 1. Interpretation

      2. 2. Rate of pension

      3. 3. Former holder of office other than high judicial office

      4. 4. Provision against double pensions

    2. Chapter II

      Other Judicial Offices

      1. 5. Circuit judge in England or Wales

      2. 6. Sheriffs in Scotland

      3. 7. Stipendiary magistrates in England and Wales

      4. 8. Judge Advocate General: choice between civil service scheme and special provision

      5. 9. Judge Advocate General: special provision

      6. 10. President or other member of either Lands Tribunal

      7. 11. President of pensions appeals tribunals

      8. 12. President or chairman of [F1employment tribunals]

      9. 13. Social Security Commissioner

      10. 13A. Registrar of Criminal Appeals

      11. 14. Other judicial offices

      12. 14A.

      13. 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Part II

    Lump Sums and Widows’ and Children’s Pensions

    1. 16. Application of Part II, and interpretation

    2. 16A.

    3. 17. Lump sum on retirement or death

    4. Widows’ and children’s pensions

      1. 18. Conditions of grant

      2. 18A. Widowers’ pensions

      3. 19. Widows’ and widowers’ pensions

      4. 20. Children’s pension: beneficiaries

      5. 21. Meaning of “period of childhood and full-time education”

      6. 22. Children’s pension: rate and mode of payment

    5. Contributions

      1. 23. Contribution towards cost of widow’s and children’s pension

      2. 24.

    6. Special cases

      1. 25. Persons serving again after retirement

      2. 26. Lord Chancellor

    7. Supplemental

      1. 27. Disregard of abatement of pension under s. 65 of Social Security Act 1973

      2. 28. Effect of certain nullity decrees

      3. 29. Recommendation of a Minister required in certain cases

  3. Part III

    Supplemental

    1. 29A.Transfer of accrued benefits

    2. 29B. Pension credits: restriction on payments

    3. 30. Saving for Pensions (Increase) Act

    4. 31. Payments charged on Consolidated Fund

    5. 32. Other financial provisions

    6. 32A. Appeals

    7. 33. Interpretation

    8. 33A. Voluntary contributions

    9. 34. County court registrars and assistant registrars

    10. 35. Saving for certain Circuit judges in the City of London

    11. 36. Transitory provisions, amendments and repeals

    12. 37. Short title and commencement

  4. SCHEDULE 1

    CERTAIN SUPREME COURT AND COUNTY COURT OFFICERS, AND PRESIDENT OF TRANSPORT TRIBUNAL

  5. SCHEDULE 1A

    TRANSFER OF ACCRUED BENEFITS

  6. SCHEDULE 2

    TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

  7. SCHEDULE 3

    CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

  8. SCHEDULE 4

    REPEALS

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to pensions and other benefits payable in respect of service in judicial office, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

[21st May 1981]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Power to modify conferred by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1), s. 17(2)(3)(g);

Power to modify conferred (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, ss. 188-190, 193(2), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 17(3)(h) (with s. 164); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2;

Act: power to amend conferred (9.11.1998) by 1998 c. 42, ss. 18(6), 22(2), Sch. 4 para. 3,4 (with s. 7(8), 22(5));

Act modified (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 68(3)(b), 108(3) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 paras. 7(2));

Act modified (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 105, 108(3), Sch. 14 Pt. V para. 24(2) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 paras. 7(2));

Act: power to amend conferred (11.11.1999) by 1999 c. 30, ss. 43(1)(2), 89(5)(a)

Act: power to amend conferred (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 7(5); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2 (subject to art. 3)

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at 21.6.1981, see s. 37(2)

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