Modification of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 19934
1
The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 shall have effect subject to the following modifications.
2
For section 13(1) there shall be substituted—
1
A person to whom this Part applies, or to whom it would apply but for this section, may at any time serve on the appropriate Minister a written notice of election that this Part should not apply to him.
1A
A person appointed to a qualifying judicial office may, at any time before beginning to serve in that office, serve on the appropriate Minister a written notice of election that this Part should not apply to him in relation to that office.
1B
An election under this section—
a
if made by notice under subsection (1) above, shall take effect on the date specified in the notice, which shall be not less than one month after service of the notice;
b
if made by notice under subsection (1A) above, shall take effect when the person appointed begins to serve in that office.
3
In section 13(9)—
a
in the definition of “corresponding provisions”, for the words from “confers” to “pension scheme” there shall be substituted “confers a right on a person to elect that this Part shall not apply to him”; and
b
the definition of “personal pension scheme” shall be omitted.