8(1)Section 17 of the M1Courts Act 1971 (retirement of Circuit judges) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.E+W
(2)For subsection (1) (which requires a Circuit judge to vacate his office at the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of 72, subject to the possibility of extended appointment) there shall be substituted—
“(1)Subject to subsection (4) below and to subsections (4) to (6) of section 26 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75), a Circuit judge shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of 70.”
(3)Subsection (2) (which contains power to continue a Circuit judge’s appointment up to the age of 75 and which is superseded by section 26(4) to (6) of this Act) shall cease to have effect.
(4)Subsection (3) (day on which certain persons are to be regarded as completing a year of service) shall cease to have effect.
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