Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993

11 Provision against pensions under two or more judicial pension schemes

(1) Where this Part applies, or would, apart from section 13 below, apply, to a person—

(a) no other judicial pension scheme, apart from—

(i) any scheme established by regulations under section 10 above which may fall to be regarded as a judicial pension scheme, and

(ii) the scheme constituted by section 19 below, shall have effect in relation to him; and

(b) no pension or lump sum under any such scheme shall be paid to or in respect of him.

(2) Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to a person’s accrued rights to benefit under any such scheme in respect of service before the relevant day; and, in the case of a person to whom this Part applies, any such rights which he may have shall accordingly be given effect in accordance with section 12 below.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall not—

(a) preclude the payment of a pension or other benefits under—

(i) the principal civil service pension scheme, or

(ii) the principal civil service pension scheme for the civil service of Northern Ireland,

in respect of service before the relevant day, or

(b) affect any rights to a pension or other benefits under either of those schemes in respect of such service,

unless at least some of that service was in qualifying judicial office.

(4) In this section, the “relevant day”, in the case of any person, means the day on which this Part first applies, or would, apart from section 13(8)(a) below, first apply, to him.