Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8)

31(1)The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 is amended as follows.

(2)In section 26 (retirement date for holders of certain judicial offices etc.), subsection (7) is amended as follows.

(3)In paragraph (f), for the words from “(persons” to the end substitute “(holders of relevant office);”.

(4)After paragraph (g) insert—

“(ga)hold office as a deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal if—

(i)section 94B of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 applied to the appointment, and

(ii)his corresponding qualifying office was listed in section 6(1) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;”.

(5)In Part 2 of Schedule 1 (offices which may be qualifying judicial offices for purposes of the pensions provisions), at the end of the part dealing with the members of tribunals insert—

• “Judge or other member of the First-tier Tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(1) or 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

• Judge or other member of the Upper Tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(1) or 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

• Transferred-in judge, or transferred-in other member, of the First-tier Tribunal or of the Upper Tribunal (see section 31(2) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007)

• Senior President of Tribunals

• Chamber President, or Deputy Chamber President, of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal or of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal”.

(6)In Schedule 5 (retirement provisions: the relevant offices), at the end insert—

• “Judge or other member of the First-tier Tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(1) or 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

• Judge or other member of the Upper Tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(1) or 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

• Transferred-in judge, or transferred-in other member, of the First-tier Tribunal or of the Upper Tribunal (see section 31(2) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007)

• Senior President of Tribunals

• Deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal appointed under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 3 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, except in a case where the holding of the office by the person in question falls within section 26(7)(ga) of this Actj011s

• Deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal by virtue of an order under section 31(2) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007Clauses.rtf_j012a

• Chamber President, or Deputy Chamber President, of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal or of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal”.