Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8)U.K.
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25(1)The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 26 (retirement date for holders of certain judicial offices etc)—
(a)in subsection (1), for “70” substitute “75”;
(b)omit subsections (4) to (6);
(c)in subsection (8)—
(i)for “70” substitute “75”;
(ii)omit paragraph (h);
(d)in subsection (12), omit the definition of “the appropriate person”;
(e)omit subsections (12A) to (17).
(3)In section 27 (completion of proceedings after retirement), in subsection (3), after paragraph (g) insert—
“(h)Chief Coroner;
(i)Deputy Chief Coroner;
(j)senior coroners, area coroners and assistant coroners;
(k)traffic commissioners.”
(4)In Schedule 5 (retirement provisions: the relevant offices)—
(a)after the entry for Judge of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland insert—
(b)for “Resident Magistrate appointed under the Magistrates’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964” substitute “District judge (magistrates’ courts) in Northern Ireland”;
(c)for “Deputy Resident Magistrate appointed under the Magistrates’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964” substitute “Deputy district judge (magistrates’ courts) in Northern Ireland”;
(d)after that entry insert—
(e)after the entry for Employment Judge insert—
“Member of a panel (other than the panel of Employment Judges) appointed in pursuance of regulations under section 1(1) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996
Member of a panel appointed under regulation 7(1) of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. (N.I.) 2020 No.3)”;
(f)omit “Chairman of industrial tribunals in Northern Ireland, appointed in pursuance of regulations under Article 3 of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996”;
(g)omit “Chairman of the Fair Employment Tribunal, appointed under Article 82(1)(c) of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998”;
(h)after the entry for Judge Advocate General insert—
(i)at the end insert—
“President of the Education Tribunal for Wales
Member of the legal chair panel, or the lay panel, of the Education Tribunal for Wales
Chairman or other member of a tribunal constituted under Schedule 3 to the Education Act 2005
President or other member of the Adjudication Panel for Wales
President or other member of the Welsh Language Tribunal
Member of the chairmen’s panel or of the lay panel appointed under Schedule 2 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/431 (N.I. 9)) (the Care Tribunal)
President or other member of the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland
Chairman or other member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel for Northern Ireland
President or other member of the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal
Adjudicators appointed under Article 29 of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1964 (N.I. 14))
Chairman, deputy chairman or other member of a tribunal appointed in pursuance of regulations under paragraph 19 of Schedule 11 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14))
President of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal for Northern Ireland
Member of a panel mentioned in Article 22(2)(b) or (c) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1)) (which serves the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal for Northern Ireland)
Chairman or other member of the panel mentioned in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)) (which serves rent assessment committees)
Chairman or other member of a tribunal established for the purposes of deciding an appeal in accordance with the model rules concerning the conduct of appeals (as set out in the Schedule to the Deregulation (Model Appeal Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. (N.I.) 1997 No. 269)
Member of the Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland”.