Judicial Pensions Act 1981

Part I U.K.

1 U.K. This Schedule applies to the following officers:—

[F1 Senior Courts] officers

• [F2 Master, Queen’s Bench Division.

• F3 . . .

• Admiralty Registrar.

• Master, Chancery Division.

• [F4 Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court] [F4 Insolvency and Companies Court Judge].

• Taxing Master of the [F5 Senior Courts].

• [F6 District judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division.]

• F7 . . .

• Registrar of civil appeals.

• F8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

County court officers

• [F9 District judge.]

• F10 . . ..

Transport Tribunal

President of the Transport Tribunal.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch 1, para. 1 heading substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 25(4); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

F2 List substituted (E.W.) by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(1), Sch. 5 para. 2

F3 Words repealed by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), ss. 78(3), 125(7), Sch. 20

F4 Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 substituted (E.W.) (26.2.2018) by The Alteration of Judicial Titles (Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/130), art. 1, Sch. para. 5

F5 Words in Sch 1 para. 1 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 25(4); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

F6 Words substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), s. 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 32

F7 Words repealed by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), ss. 78(3), 125(7), Sch. 20

F8 Sch. 1 para. 1: words “Master of the Court of Protection” omitted (with saving) (1.10.2007) by virtue of Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9), ss. 67(1), 68(1), Sch. 6 para. 27 (with ss. 27, 28, 29, 62); S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(1)(d)

F9 Words substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), s. 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 32

F10 Entry in Sch. 1 para. 1 repealed (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 31(2)(4), Sch.9; S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

Relevant service U.K.

2 (1) In this Schedule “relevant service” in relation to any office of the [F11 Senior Courts] listed in paragraph 1 above means service in that or any other office of the [F11 Senior Courts] so listed, or as president of the Transport Tribunal. U.K.

(2) In this Schedule “relevant service”, in relation to the office of county court registrar, or assistant county court registrar, means service in either of those offices.

(3) In this Schedule “relevant service”, in relation to the office of the president of the Transport Tribunal, means service in that office, or in any office of the [F11 Senior Courts] listed in paragraph 1 above.

Textual Amendments

F11 Words in Sch 1 para. 2 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 25(4); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

Person within principal civil service pension scheme prior to appointment U.K.

3 (1) This paragraph has effect as respects a person who at the time of his appointment to an office within paragraph 1 above was employed in the civil service of the State and was subject to the principal civil service pension scheme. U.K.

(2) If such a person so elects—

(a) he shall continue to be subject to the principal civil service pension scheme as if service in an office within paragraph 1 above were employment in the civil service of the State, and

(b) the provisions of Parts II, III, and IV of this Schedule, and of Part II [F12 and section 33ZA] of this Act, shall not apply to him.

(3) An election under this paragraph shall be made by notice in writing in such form and within such period as may be prescribed by the Lord Chancellor.

Textual Amendments

F12 Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(b) inserted (3.1.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), s. 38(4), Sch. 5 para. 2(4); S.I. 2011/3034, art. 3(j)