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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
I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1U.K.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1, 2(2), 4, 6, 8–11;, Sch. 2 repealed with saving by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3), Sch. 4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 [F275].
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
Textual Amendments
F2Word in s. 2 substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 7 (with Sch. 1 para. 43)
F3Ss. 1, 2(2), 4, 6, 8–11;, Sch. 2 repealed with saving by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3), Sch. 4
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4U.K.
Textual Amendments
F4S. 3 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5U.K.
Textual Amendments
F5Ss. 1, 2(2), 4, 6, 8–11;, Sch. 2 repealed with saving by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3), Sch. 4
[F65 Rate of Lord Chancellor’s pension.U.K.
The annual amount of any pension granted under the Lord Chancellor’s Pension M1Act 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
F6S. 5 repealed so far as it relates to pension for service as Lord Chancellor of a person who resigns that office after 1.4.1966 by Judges' Remuneration Act 1965 (c. 61),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
6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7U.K.
Textual Amendments
F7Ss. 1, 2(2), 4, 6, 8–11;, Sch. 2 repealed with saving by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3), Sch. 4
7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8U.K.
Textual Amendments
8—11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9U.K.
Textual Amendments
F9Ss. 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 SCHEDULEU.K. JUDICIAL OFFICES TO WHICH S. 1 APPLIES
| Description of office | Relevant pension enactment |
|---|---|
| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | . . . F10 |
| . . . F11 | . . . F10 |
| Lord Justice General, Lord Justice Clerk, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland. | . . . F10 |
| Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland, Judge of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland. | . . . F10 |
Textual Amendments
F10Entries repealed with saving by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 2 para. 1(3), Sch. 4
F11Words repealed by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), Sch. 7
F12F12SECOND SCHEDULEU.K.
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Textual Amendments
F12Ss. 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
F13F13THIRD SCHEDULEU.K.
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Textual Amendments
F13Sch. 3 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
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