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Document Index: 107921637

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art 1', 'art 2', 'art. 3', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art. 7', 'art. 7', 'art. 3', 'art. 7', 'art. 7', 'art. 7', 'art. 7', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'ART 2']

[F21Retiring age of resident magistrates.N.I.
Every resident magistrate (whether appointed before or after the passing of this Act) shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy; but this section is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (F3. . . power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).]
F3Words in s. 1 repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 146, 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 13, Sch. 18 Pt. 3; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 12(a), 30(c)
(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act,[F4 the Treasury] on the recommendation of the Ministry of Home AffairsF5 (in this Act referred to as “the Ministry”) may, on the retirement of a resident magistrate who is appointed after the passing of this Act or who has elected, pursuant to section eleven that this Act shall apply to him, grant to him an annual sum by way of pension.
[F6(1A)This Act shall not have effect in relation to a person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.]
[F7(1B)This Act is subject to section 18 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (restrictions on benefits provided under existing schemes).]
(c)shall be payable by such instalments, at such times and in such manner as[F4 the Treasury] may think proper.
(3)Without prejudice to sub-section (2) of section sixteen,[F4 the Treasury] shall not grant a pension under this Act to a resident magistrate unless—
(a)not being a person to whom paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) applies, he has completed[F4 two years] ' service as a resident magistrate;
(c)he is not less than sixty-five years of age, except upon a medical certificate to the satisfaction of the Minister of Home AffairsF5 (in this Act referred to as “the Minister”) that he is incapable, from infirmity of mind or body, of discharging the duties of his office, and that the incapacity is likely to be permanent.
(4)A resident magistrate to whom a pension has been granted under this section before he has attained the age of sixty-five in consequence of any such incapacity as is mentioned in paragraph (c) of sub-section (3) shall, until he has attained that age, be liable to be required by the GovernorF8 to resume the duties of a resident magistrate with the salary attached thereto, and, if (being in a competent state of health) he declines when so required to resume those duties, or declines or neglects to execute those duties, his pension shall cease to be payable, unless[F4 the Treasury] after consultation with the Minister otherwise directs.
(b)a person who at any time before his appointment as a resident magistrate has retired from employment to which the Superannuation Acts apply in such circumstances that, on attaining a specific age, he would or might have become eligible for a superannuation allowance by virtue of sub-section (2) of section thirty-fourF9 of the Superannuation Act (Northern Ireland), 1949 [1949 c.13] , but has not at the date of his appointment as a resident magistrate become eligible for such a superannuation allowance.
[F10(7)The Lord Chancellor must consult the Lord Chief Justice before—
F5Now Lord Chancellor, SI 1978/2163
F61993 c. 8
F7S. 2(1B) inserted (1.4.2014) by Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 25), s. 41(2), Sch. 8 para. 2 (with Sch. 11 para. 8); S.I. 2014/839, art. 4(2)(b)
F8To be construed as a ref. to Lord Chancellor, SI 1973/2163
F91967 c.24; the allowance would now arise under a scheme made under 1972 NI 10
F10S. 2(7)(8) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 14; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)
[F112A
[F12(b)be entitled at any time to serve on the Lord Chancellor a written notice of election not to be a member of the resident magistrates' pension scheme, to take effect on a date not less than one month after the date on which it was served.]
F12SR 2003/482
(1)Where a resident magistrate on retirement becomes eligible for a pension,[F13 the Treasury] may in addition grant to him a lump sum equal to twice the annual amount of that pension.
(2)Where a serving resident magistrate dies who, if, at the time of his death, he had retired on the ground of permanent infirmity, would have become eligible under this Act for a pension, subject to sub-section (3) of section eighteen,[F13 the Treasury] may grant to his representatives a lump sum equal to—
[F13the Treasury] may grant to his representatives a lump sum equal to his last annual salary.
(4)Where a resident magistrate on retirement becomes eligible for a pension but dies so soon after his retirement that the sums paid or payable to him on account of that pension when added to an amount equal to twice the annual amount of that pension fall short of the amount of the lump sum which would have been granted under sub-section (2) to his representatives if, at the time of his retirement from service as a resident magistrate, he had died while serving as a resident magistrate,[F13 the Treasury] may grant to his representatives a lump sum equal to the deficiency.
[F143A
F14SR 1989/100
N.I.[F15Widows', surviving civil partners' and children's pensions]
4[F16Power to grant widows', surviving civil partners' and children's pensions].N.I.
[F16(1)]Subject to the provisions of this Act, on the death after the passing of this Act of a resident magistrate (in this Act referred to as “the deceased”) who—
[F17the Treasury] may grant—
[F16(ia)where he leaves a surviving civil partner, a pension to that surviving civil partner (in this Act referred to as a “surviving civil partner's pension”); and]
[F16(ii)where he had a wife or a civil partner at any time during his service as a resident magistrate, or, where he was a person to whom paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section two applied, during his service as a resident magistrate or his service in whole-time employment to which the Superannuation Acts apply (whether or not the marriage or civil partnership continued until his death and whether or not a widow's pension or surviving civil partner's pension is or can be granted), a pension for the benefit of any relevant children (in this Act referred to as a “children's pension”).]
[F16(2)In subsection (1)(ii), “relevant children” means—
[F184A
For the purpose of the calculation of any widow's[F19, surviving civil partner's] or children's pension under this Act, in respect of a person who is eligible for a pension for service in any judicial office, there shall be left out of account any period of service during which an election under section 2A was in force in respect of that person.]
F18SR 1989/100
[F204AWidowers'[F21 and surviving civil partners'] pensions.N.I.
(1)section 4] shall have effect in relation to the death of a female person[F21 who has, or has had, a husband or civil partner] as it has effect in relation to the death of a male person[F21 who has, or has had, a wife or civil partner] but as if—
(2)The transitional provisions set out in[F21 Part 1 of Schedule 2] to this Act shall effect in relation to widowers' pensions.
[F21(3)The transitional provisions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2 shall have effect in relation to surviving civil partners' pensions.]
[F225[F23Widows', widowers' and surviving civil partners' pensions].N.I.
(1)No[F23 widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's] pension may be granted if the marriage[F23 or formation of the civil partnership] with the deceased took place after he or she retired from relevant service.
(2)A[F23 widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's] pension shall come to an end on the death of the[F23 widow, widower or surviving civil partner].
(3)Where a[F23 widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's] pension is payable the Treasury may, on or at any time after —
[F23(a)the remarriage of, or formation of a civil partnership by, the widow or widower, or
(5)The annual amount of a[F23 widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's] pension may be one half of the annual amount of the personal pension.]
F221991 NI 24
(3)F24 A children's pension cannot enure for the benefit of any person conceived or adopted by the deceased after the end of his service as a resident magistrate.
(4)A children's pension cannot enure for the benefit of a female person who at the time of the death of the deceased was married[F25 or a person who at the time of the death of the deceased was a civil partner] and if, after the death of the deceased, a female person marries[F25 or a person forms a civil partnership], she[F25 or he] shall thereupon cease to be a person for whose benefit a children's pension can enure.
F24Mod., 1966 c. 27 (NI)
F25SI 2005/3325
(ii)while he is undergoing the training, the emoluments receivable by him, or payable by the employer in respect of him,[F26 do not exceed the maximum allowable remuneration], exclusive of any emoluments receivable or payable by way of return of any premium paid in respect of the training.
[F26(4A)For the purposes of subsection (1)(c)(ii), the "maximum allowable remuneration" at any time is an annual rate (£1,614 a year, at the passing of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993) equal to that at which a pension of £250 a year—
(5)As respects any period during which neither of the conditions specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) is satisfied in relation to a person,[F27 the Treasury] may, if it thinks fit, and is satisfied that a person's full-time education ought not to be regarded as completed, direct—
8 F28Children's pension: rate and mode of payment.N.I.
(b)it shall be paid to such person or persons as[F29 the Treasury] may from time to time direct, and different parts thereof may be directed to be paid to different persons; and
(2)Where the deceased[F29 leaves no widow[F30, widower or surviving civil partner] and, if he or she leaves a widow[F30, widower or surviving civil partner], after his or her death], the annual amount of a children's pension—
(3)Subject to sub-section (4), where the deceased leaves a widow[F30, widower or surviving civil partner], the annual amount of a children's pension during her[F29 or his] life—
[F30(a)leaves a widow or widower who remarries or forms a civil partnership, or
a children's pension shall not be payable as respects any period when she has a husband[F30 or civil partner][F29 or he has a wife][F30 or civil partner] unless[F29 the Treasury] specially directs that such a pension shall be so payable, but, if[F29 the Treasury] does specially so direct, it may, if it thinks fit, further direct that sub-section (2) shall apply as respects any such period notwithstanding that the[F30 widow, widower or surviving civil partner is] alive.
F28Children's pensions increased, 1973 c. 15
F291991 NI 24
F30SI 2005/3325
[F318AContributions towards cost of pension etcN.I.
F31S. 8A inserted (3.1.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 34(2), 38(4), Sch. 5 para. 1(2); S.I. 2011/3034, art. 3(g)(j)
F32(1)A contribution towards the cost of the liabilities assumed under this Act for the the benefit of a resident magistrate's widow[F33 widower] and children shall be made, taking the form of a reduction in the lump sum which may be granted under this Act.
[F34(1A)No contribution shall be made by a person under sub‐section (1) for any period of service during which an election under section 2A is in force in respect of that person.]
(3)Where a resident magistrate (not being a person to whom paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) of section two applies) last had a wife[F33 or a husband] at a time before the end of his[F33 or her] service (leaving out of account any marriage after the end of that service) the amount of the contribution shall be the annual amount of the personal pension—
(a)multiplied by the number of years of his[F33 or her] service completed before that time; and
(b)divided by the number of years of his[F33 or her] service completed in all.
(4)Where a resident magistrate (being a person to whom paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) of section two applies) last had a wife[F33 or a husband] at a time before the end of his[F33 or her] service as a resident magistrate or of his[F33 or her] service in whole-time employment to which the Superannuation Acts apply (leaving out of account any marriage after the end of his[F33 or her] service as a resident magistrate), the amount of the contribution shall be the annual amount of the personal pension—
(a)multiplied by the number of years of his[F33 or her] aggregated service completed before that time; and
(b)divided by the number of years of his[F33 or her] aggregated service completed in all.
(a)in the case of a[F33 person] (not being a person to whom paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) of section two applies) who had not a wife[F33 or a husband] at any time during his[F33 or her] service as a resident magistrate; or
(b)in the case of a[F33 person] (being a person to whom paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) of section two applies) who had not a wife[F33 or a husband] at any time during his[F33 or her] service as a resident magistrate or his[F33 or her] service in whole-time employment to which the Superannuation Acts apply; or
(c)in the case of a[F33 person] (being a person to whom paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) of section two applies) who—
(ii)last had a wife[F33 or a husband] at a time before his[F33 or her] appointment as a resident magistrate.
F35[(5A)The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of a man continuing to serve after 17th April 1973 unless, in pursuance of regulations made under Schedule 3 to the Administration of Justice Act 1973 [1973 c.15] , he elects that this Act shall apply to him as if that Schedule had not been passed.]
F32Contributions increased for higher pensions, 1973 c. 15
F34SR 1989/100
F35SR 1974/178
[F369AVoluntary contributions.N.I.
[F37(a)]entitling any member of a judicial pension scheme constituted by this Act to make voluntary contributions towards the cost of the provision of additional benefits[F37 whether under the scheme or otherwise; or]
[F37(b)imposing conditions with respect to the exercise by any such person of any entitlement (whether or not under paragraph (a)) which he may have to make any such voluntary contributions.]
[F37(1A)The regulations may make provision for the purpose of imposing, in a case where a member makes voluntary contributions, upper limits with respect to—
(b)may not impose any limit on the amount which any member may pay by way of voluntary contributions other thanF38[F37. . . —]
[F37(i)such upper limit as may be imposed by virtue of subsection (1A)(b); F39. . . ]
(ii)F39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F40(iii)the general value of benefits available to a person under any contract of life insurance entered into by him with an insurer;]
[F37but paragraphs (c) and (d) have effect only in relation to a voluntary contributions scheme constituted by or under this Act.]
(a)provide that the value of additional benefits offered on payment of voluntary contributions shall be determined in accordance with prescribed rules based on tables prepared for the purposes of the regulations by the Government Actuary;F37. . .
(b)prescribe the manner in which it is to be determined in any case whether the amount of a person's contributions exceed any[F37 such limit as is mentioned in] subsection (2)(b).
[F37(c)provide for any administrative expenses incurred by any person by virtue of this section to be defrayed out of sums received by way of voluntary contributions;
[F37(4A)The regulations may provide for such additional benefits arising under or by virtue of this section as may be prescribed—
[F37(7)In this section—
[F40“authorised provider”, in relation to the investment of any sums paid by way of voluntary contributions or the provision of any benefit, means—
“employment” has the same meaning as it has in the[F41 Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993] (and accordingly includes employment as a self‐employed earner, within the meaning of[F41 section 2 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992];
[F40“insurer” means—
a person who has permission under [F42Part 4A] of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of long-term insurance;
“occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by[F41 section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993];
“personal pension scheme” has the meaning given by[F41 section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993];
“retained benefits”, in the case of any person, means any rights retained by him to F44. . . benefits under any occupational or personal pension scheme which [F45is registered under Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004], being rights which accrued during some previous employment;
[F40(7A)In subsection (7), the definitions of “authorised provider” and “insurer” must be read with—
(a)that, in investing of the sums in question, or in providing the benefit in question, the firm is carrying on a service falling within section A or [F47B of Annex I to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive]; and
F361991 NI 24
F371993 c. 8
F38Words in s. 9A(2)(b) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of the Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 7, Sch. para. 4(a)
F39S. 9A(2)(b)(ii) and preceding word omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of the Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 7, Sch. para. 4(a)
F40SI 2001/3649
F411993 c. 49
F42Words in s. 9A(7) substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 18 para. 142 (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.
F43Definition of "relevant benefits" in s. 9A(7) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of the Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 7, Sch. para. 4(b)(i)
F44Word in s. 9A(7) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of the Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 7, Sch. para. 4(b)(ii)
F45Words in s. 9A(7) substituted (6.4.2006) by the Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 7, Sch. para. 4(b)(ii)
F46Definitions of "tax-exemption" and "tax-approval" in s. 9A(7) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of the Taxation of Judicial Pensions (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/497), art. 7, Sch. para. 4(b)(iii)
F47Words in s. 9A(7B)(a) substituted (1.4.2007 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.11.2007) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/126), regs. 1(2), 3(6), Sch. 6 para. 3
Where any person after retirement from service as a resident magistrate resumesF48. . . service, that retirement shall be left out of account for all the purposes of this Act except that—
(a)if a lump sum was granted on that retirement without any contribution [F49by virtue of section 9] being made, then unless that person, on resumption ofF48. . . service as a resident magistrate or within three months ofF48. . . marrying[F50 or forming a civil partnership] while again serving as a resident magistrate, refunds by way of contribution one-half of the lump sum, a pension shall not be granted to any[F48 widow, widower[F50, surviving civil partner] or child of that person]; and
(b)any lump sum granted on that retirement, less any refund, shall be set off against any lump sum subsequently granted in respect of[F48 that person's] service.
F481991 NI 24
F49Words in s. 10(a) inserted (3.1.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 34(2), 38(4), Sch. 5 para. 1(3); S.I. 2011/3034, art. 3(g)(j)
F51S. 11 repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 146, 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 15, Sch. 18 Pt. 3; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 12(a), 30(c)
(1)[F52The Treasury] may make rules for securing that, in such circumstances and subject to such conditions as to proof of good health and other matters as may be specified in the rules, a retiring resident magistrate who retires from office otherwise than on the ground of ill-health, after the passing of this Act, shall be allowed to surrender, as from the date of his retirement, in return for the benefits allowed under the rules such part, not exceeding one-third of his personal pension, as may be specified in the rules, and for enabling[F52 the Treasury] to grant to the wife or to a dependant of the retiring resident magistrate a pension of such value as, according to tables to be prepared from time to time by[F52 the Treasury], is actuarially equivalent, at that date, to the value of that part of the personal pension which is surrendered.
(1)[F53The Treasury] may make rules for securing that, in such circumstances and subject to such conditions as to proof of good health and other matters as may be specified in the rules, a retired resident magistrate under the age of seventy who has retired from office (otherwise than on the ground of ill-health) after the passing of this Act, and who has married since his retirement shall, subject to sub-section (2), be allowed to surrender, as from the date of his marriage, in return for the benefits allowed under the rules such part of his personal pension as may be specified in the rules, and for enabling[F53 the Treasury] to grant to his wife a pension of such value as, according to tables prepared from time to time by[F53 the Treasury], is actuarially equivalent, at that date, to the value of that part of the personal pension which is surrendered.
F531991 NI 24
[F5415Effect of certain nullity decreesN.I.
F54SI 2005/3325
(2)Where a person appointed as a resident magistrate is a person referred to in paragraph (b) of sub-section (6) of section two, the Superannuation Acts shall cease to apply to him and, accordingly,[F55 the Treasury] shall not grant any superannuation benefits under those Acts in respect of his service in whole-time employment to which those Acts apply.
(a)he pays to[F56 the Treasury]
(b)he releases, in such manner as[F56 the Treasury] may approve, any superannuation benefits payable to or in respect of him under those Acts.
and he has not paid to[F56 the Treasury] an amount equal to the lump sum paid to him under the Superannuation Acts, the amount of the lump sum, if any, granted under sub-section (2) of section three to his representatives shall be equal to—
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F57N.I.
F57prosp. inserted by 1991 NI 24
(1)It is hereby declared that for the purposes of section twenty of the Superannuation Act, 1834F58, the office of resident magistrate is an office in a public department within the meaning of that section.
F581967 c. 24 (NI), see now ss. 38, 39 of that Act
(1)All sums payable under this Act shall be [F59 charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom].
(2)Any refund of a lump sum or any part thereof shall be paid into the [F59 Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom].
F59SI 1973/2163
[F6021AAppeals.N.I.
(b)the widow[F61, widower or surviving civil partner], or any surviving dependant, of a deceased member of the scheme;
F601993 c. 8
“personal pension” in relation to a resident magistrate or to the widow[F62, widower or surviving civil partner] or children of a deceased resident magistrate, means the pension payable under this Act to that resident magistrate or for which he would have been eligible had he retired on the date of his death;
“retiring salary” means the amount of the …F63 salary (excluding sums payable by way of additional salary under sub-section (1) of section one of the Resident Magistrates (Belfast) Act, 1911) payable to a resident magistrate [F64 immediately before his retirement];
F62SI 2005/3325
F641973 c. 15
SCHEDULE [F651]N.I.RULES FOR CALCULATING PENSION
F651991 NI 24
[F66two to four] [F66six eightieths]
F661991 NI 24
[F67SCHEDULE 2N.I.
F671991 NI 24
[F68PART ]1N.I.WIDOWERS' PENSIONS: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
F68SI 2005/3325
1[F69In this Part of this Schedule]
F69SI 2005/3325
[F70PART 2N.I.SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNERS' PENSIONS: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
F70SI 2005/3325