Judicial Pensions Act 1959

1959 CHAPTER 9 8 and 9 Eliz 2

An Act to amend the law with respect to the pensions and other benefits attaching to certain high judicial offices, to regulate the age of retirement from such offices, and to increase certain pensions and other benefits granted to or in respect of persons who have held such offices.

[17th December 1959]

Commencement Information

I1 Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1, 2(2), 4, 6, 8–11;, Sch. 2 repealed with saving by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3), Sch. 4

2 Retiring age. U.K.

(1) A person who holds an office listed in the First Schedule to this Act shall vacate that office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy-five years.

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Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 1, 2(2), 4, 6, 8–11;, Sch. 2 repealed with saving by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3), Sch. 4

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Textual Amendments

F3 S. 3 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I

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Textual Amendments

F4 Ss. 1, 2(2), 4, 6, 8–11;, Sch. 2 repealed with saving by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3), Sch. 4

[F5 5 Rate of Lord Chancellor’s pension. U.K.

The annual amount of any pension granted under the Lord Chancellor’s Pension M1 Act 1832 for service as Lord Chancellor shall, in the case of a person who resigns that office after the commencement of this Act be five thousand pounds and any Letters Patent issued under that Act before the commencement of this Act shall have effect accordingly.]

Textual Amendments

F5 S. 5 repealed so far as it relates to pension for service as Lord Chancellor of a person who resigns that office after 1.4.1966 by Judges' Remuneration Act 1965 (c. 61), Sch. 3

Marginal Citations

M1 1832 c. 111 (89).

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Textual Amendments

F6 Ss. 1, 2(2), 4, 6, 8–11;, Sch. 2 repealed with saving by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3), Sch. 4

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Textual Amendments

F7 S. 7 repealed by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56, SIF 101A:3), s. 18(1), Sch. 7, Sch. 8 Pt. I

8—11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F8 Ss. 1, 2(2), 4, 6, 8–11;, Sch. 2 repealed with saving by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3), Sch. 4

12 Short title. U.K.

This Act may be cited as the Judicial Pensions Act 1959.

SCHEDULES

Sections 1, 2, 3, 4.

FIRST SCHEDULE U.K. JUDICIAL OFFICES TO WHICH S. 1 APPLIES

Description of office	Relevant pension enactment
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary	. . . F9
. . . F10	. . . F9
Lord Justice General, Lord Justice Clerk, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland.	. . . F9
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland, Judge of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.	. . . F9

Textual Amendments

F9 Entries repealed with saving by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3), Sch. 4

F10 Words repealed by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), Sch. 7

F11 F11 SECOND SCHEDULE U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F11 Ss. 1, 2(2), 4, 6, 8–11;, Sch. 2 repealed with saving by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3), Sch. 4

F12 F12 THIRD SCHEDULE U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F12 Sch. 3 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI