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Judicial Pensions Act 1959

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SCHEDULES

Sections 1, 2, 3, 4.

FIRST SCHEDULEJudicial offices to which s. 1 applies

Description of officeRelevant pension enactment
Lord of Appeal in OrdinaryThe Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876.
Lord Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls, President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, Lord Justice of Appeal, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Justice.The Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, section fourteen.
Lord Justice General, Lord Justice Clerk, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland.The Judges' Pensions (Scotland) Act, 1808.
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland, Judge of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.The Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act, 1877, section nineteen.

Section 9.

SECOND SCHEDULEConsequential Amendments

EnactmentAmendment

The Judges' Pensions (Scotland) Act, 1808.

In section one, the words from " not exceeding " to " resignation thereof " shall be omitted, and at the end of the proviso there shall be added the words " or has resigned after attaining the age of seventy years ".

The Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876.

In section seven, after the words " his office " there shall be inserted the words " or retires after attaining the age of seventy years " , and the words from " not exceeding " to " three thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds " (being words inserted by the Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act, 1950) shall be omitted.

The Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act, 1877.

In section nineteen, after the words " his office " there shall be inserted the words " or retires after attaining the age of seventy years " , and the words from " of the amount following " to the end of the section shall be omitted.

The Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925.

In section fourteen, for the words " any of the judges hereinafter mentioned " there shall be substituted the words " any judge (other than the Lord Chancellor) ", after the words " his office " there shall be inserted the words " or who retires after attaining the age of seventy years " , and the words from " In the case of", in the first place where those words occur, to the end of the section shall be omitted.

Section 9.

THIRD SCHEDULEEnactments Repealed

Session and ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
48 Geo. 3. c. 145.The Judges' Pensions (Scotland) Act, 1808.In section one, the words from " not exceeding " to " resignation thereof ".
39 & 40 Vict. c. 59.The Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876.In section seven, the words from " not exceeding" to " three thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds ".
40 & 41 Vict. c. 57.The Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act, 1877.In section nineteen, the words from " of the amount following " to the end of the section.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 49.The Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925.In section fourteen, the words from "In the case of", in the first place where those words occur, to the end of the section.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 44.The Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland Act, 1926.In section one, subsection (2).
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 11.The Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act, 1950.Section one, so far as it relates to pensions for service in any of the offices listed in the First Schedule to this Act, or for service as Lord Chancellor in the case of a person who resigns that office after the commencement of this Act
In section nineteen, the words " other than that of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876."
In the Second Schedule the amendments of the Judges' Pensions (Scotland) Act, 1808, the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, the Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act, 1877, and the Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland Act, 1926, the amendments of section fourteen of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, and, so far as it relates to a person who resigns after the commencement of this Act, the amendment of the Lord Chancellor's Pension Act, 1832.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 27.The Judges' Remuneration Act, 1954.In section one, in subsection (1), the words from "Provided that" to the end of the subsection.

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