Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00533:section:16:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00533
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 11639–14282

reference to whichever is the lesser of:
 (a) 0.5% of the appropriate current salary for each completed month of the person's actual service as Solicitor‑General; or
 (b) 60% of the appropriate current salary;
reduced by 2.5% for each whole year between:
 (c) in the case of the application of subsection (6)—the date on which the person actually ceased to hold office as Solicitor‑General and the date that the Attorney‑General certified under that subsection was the date on which the person became permanently disabled or permanently infirm;
 (d) in the case of the application of subsection (7)—the date on which the person actually ceased to hold office as Solicitor‑General and the date on which the person died; or
 (e) in the case of the application of subsection (8)—the date on which the person actually ceased to hold office as Solicitor‑General and the date on which the person attained the age of 60 years.
 (6) If the Attorney‑General certifies that the person became, at a particular date before attaining the age of 60 years, permanently disabled or permanently infirm, the relevant provisions of the Judges' Pensions Act 1968 apply in relation to the person as if the person had held office as Solicitor‑General at that date and the certificate were given under subsection 6(2) of that Act, but the rate of the pension payable to the person is the relevant discounted rate of pension.
 (7) If the person dies before attaining the age of 60 years and was not entitled to a pension under subsection (6) immediately before his or her death, the relevant provisions of the Judges' Pensions Act 1968 apply in relation to the person as if the person had held office as Solicitor‑General at the time of his or her death, but a reference in any of those provisions as so applying to the relevant pension is a reference to pension at a rate equal to the relevant discounted rate of pension.
 (8) If the person attains the age of 60 years and was not entitled to a pension under subsection (6) immediately before attaining that age, the relevant provisions of the Judges' Pensions Act 1968 apply in relation to the person as if the person's period of appointment as Solicitor‑General had expired upon his or her attaining that age after having served for not less than 10 years, but the rate of the pension payable to the person is the relevant discounted rate of pension.
 (9) The person may, at any time before attaining the age of 60 years, apply to the Attorney‑General for a certificate under subsection (6) and, upon receipt of the application, the Attorney‑General shall:
 (a) if satisfied that the person became, at a particular