{"id":"F2013L00457","name":"Judges’ Pensions (Item 48) Order 2013","slug":"judges-pensions-item-48-order-2013","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":437796,"registerId":"F2013L00457-fast-fetch-1775954497297","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Judges’ Pensions (Item 48) Order 2013","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.png)\n\n \n\n \n\nJudges’ Pensions (Item 48) Order 2013\n\nI, Penelope Ying Yen Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make the following order under the Judges and Governors‑General Legislation Amendment (Family Law) Act 2012.\n\nDated: 12 March 2013\n\nPenelope Ying Yen Wong\n\nMinister for Finance and Deregulation\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1 Name of order\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\nPart 2—Scheme value and pension rates\n\n5 Scheme value\n\n6 Immediate transitional pension for non‑member spouse\n\n7 Reduction of retirement pension\n\nSchedule 1—Methods and factors\n\nPart 1—Methods\n\n1 Method\n\nPart 2—Factors\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name of order\n\n  This order is the Judges’ Pensions (Item 48) Order 2013.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This order commences on 15 March 2013.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This order is made under the Judges and Governors‑General Legislation Amendment (Family Law) Act 2012.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this order:\n\nAct means the Judges’ Pensions Act 1968.\n\nFederal Court Judge’s salary means the annual salary of a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, other than the Chief Justice.\n\nscheme value: see subsection 5(2).\n\nTable 1 means Table 1 of Schedule 1.\n\nTable 2 means Table 2 of Schedule 1.\n\ntransitional provisions means Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Judges and Governors‑General Legislation Amendment (Family Law) Act 2012.\n\nNote: For the definitions of the following terms, see subsection 2A(2) of the Act:\n\n(a) commencement time;\n\n(b) member spouse;\n\n(c) retirement pension;\n\n(d) transfer amount.\n\nPart 2—Scheme value and pension rates\n\n \n\n5  Scheme value\n\n (1) This section is made for paragraph (b) of the definition of transfer amount in item 44 of the transitional provisions.\n\n (2) The amount (the scheme value) is determined using the methods and factors set out in Schedule 1 as in force at the commencement time.\n\n6  Immediate transitional pension for non‑member spouse\n\n  For subitem 47(2) of the transitional provisions, the rate is calculated as follows:\n\nMethod statement\n\nStep 1. Identify the transfer amount that was payable at the commencement time.\n\nStep 2. Calculate an amount using the formula:\n\n ![](image.002.png)\n\n where:\n\n Fy is the number in Table 1 that applies to the non‑member spouse’s gender, and age in whole years, at the commencement time.\n\n Fy+1 is the number in Table 1 that would apply to the non‑member spouse if the non‑member spouse’s age in whole years was one year more than it was at the commencement time.\n\n m is the number of whole months of the non‑member spouse’s age that are not included in the non‑member spouse’s age in whole years at the commencement time.\n\nStep 3. Divide the transfer amount identified in step 1 by the amount calculated in step 2.\n\nStep 4. Divide the amount calculated in step 3 by the Federal Court Judge’s salary at the commencement time. Round the result to 4 decimal places (rounding up if the fifth decimal place is 5 or more).\n\nStep 5. Multiply the amount calculated in step 4 by the Federal Court Judge’s salary.\n\n7  Reduction of retirement pension\n\n  For subitem 47(5) of the transitional provisions, the amount is calculated as follows:\n\nMethod statement\n\nStep 1. Identify the annual rate of the retirement pension that was payable at the commencement time.\n\nStep 2. Calculate an amount using the formula:\n\n ![](image.002.png)\n\n where:\n\n Fy is the number in Table 2 that applies to the member spouse’s gender, and age in whole years, at the commencement time.\n\n Fy+1 is the number in Table 2 that would apply to the member spouse if the member spouse’s age in whole years was one year more than it was at the commencement time.\n\n m is the number of whole months of the member spouse’s age that are not included in the member spouse’s age in whole years at the commencement time.\n\nStep 3. Multiply the amount identified in step 1 by the amount calculated in step 2.\n\nStep 4. Subtract the transfer amount from the amount calculated in step 3.\n\nStep 5. Divide the amount calculated in step 4 by the amount calculated in step 2.\n\nStep 6. Divide the amount calculated in step 5 by the annual rate of the applicable judicial salary at the commencement time. Round the result to 4 decimal places (rounding up if the fifth decimal place is 5 or more).\n\nStep 7. Multiply the amount calculated in step 6 by the annual rate of the applicable judicial salary.\n\nSchedule 1—Methods and factors\n\nNote: See section 5.\n\nPart 1—Methods\n\n \n\n1  Method\n\n  The formula for calculating the scheme value is as follows:\n\n![](image.003.png)\n\nwhere:\n\nAP is the annual rate of pension payable to the member spouse at the commencement time.\n\nFy is the number in Table 2 that applies to the member spouse’s gender, and age in whole years, at the commencement time.\n\nFy+1 is the number in Table 2 that would apply to the member spouse if the member spouse’s age in whole years was one year more than it was at the commencement time.\n\nm is the number of whole months of the member spouse’s age that are not included in the member spouse’s age in whole years at the commencement time.\n\nPart 2—Factors\n\n \n\nTable 1 Factors\n\n| Age | Male | Female |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 30 or younger | 33.2882 | 35.2430 |\n| 31 | 32.9153 | 34.8969 |\n| 32 | 32.5340 | 34.5436 |\n| 33 | 32.1433 | 34.1835 |\n| 34 | 31.7437 | 33.8162 |\n| 35 | 31.3352 | 33.4410 |\n| 36 | 30.9169 | 33.0586 |\n| 37 | 30.4893 | 32.6683 |\n| 38 | 30.0519 | 32.2701 |\n| 39 | 29.6046 | 31.8636 |\n| 40 | 29.1478 | 31.4491 |\n| 41 | 28.6813 | 31.0265 |\n| 42 | 28.2054 | 30.5955 |\n| 43 | 27.7202 | 30.1563 |\n| 44 | 27.2259 | 29.7090 |\n| 45 | 26.7226 | 29.2540 |\n| 46 | 26.2104 | 28.7906 |\n| 47 | 25.6898 | 28.3195 |\n| 48 | 25.1606 | 27.8407 |\n| 49 | 24.6233 | 27.3540 |\n| 50 | 24.0785 | 26.8602 |\n| 51 | 23.5262 | 26.3590 |\n| 52 | 22.9670 | 25.8512 |\n| 53 | 22.4013 | 25.3363 |\n| 54 | 21.8298 | 24.8143 |\n| 55 | 21.2538 | 24.2857 |\n| 56 | 20.6735 | 23.7500 |\n| 57 | 20.0902 | 23.2075 |\n| 58 | 19.5043 | 22.6580 |\n| 59 | 18.9153 | 22.1017 |\n| 60 | 18.3239 | 21.5383 |\n| 61 | 17.7307 | 20.9681 |\n| 62 | 17.1358 | 20.3913 |\n| 63 | 16.5395 | 19.8080 |\n| 64 | 15.9459 | 19.2187 |\n| 65 | 15.3558 | 18.6243 |\n| 66 | 14.7700 | 18.0249 |\n| 67 | 14.1892 | 17.4213 |\n| 68 | 13.6142 | 16.8133 |\n| 69 | 13.0476 | 16.2036 |\n| 70 | 12.4902 | 15.5925 |\n| 71 | 11.9427 | 14.9802 |\n| 72 | 11.4062 | 14.3676 |\n| 73 | 10.8808 | 13.7552 |\n| 74 | 10.3605 | 13.1432 |\n| 75 | 9.8457 | 12.5326 |\n| 76 | 9.3377 | 11.9249 |\n| 77 | 8.8379 | 11.3213 |\n| 78 | 8.3475 | 10.7240 |\n| 79 | 7.8727 | 10.1364 |\n| 80 | 7.4143 | 9.5606 |\n| 81 | 6.9723 | 8.9993 |\n| 82 | 6.5466 | 8.4536 |\n| 83 | 6.1375 | 7.9252 |\n| 84 | 5.7514 | 7.4177 |\n| 85 | 5.3885 | 6.9320 |\n| 86 | 5.0493 | 6.4695 |\n| 87 | 4.7341 | 6.0314 |\n| 88 | 4.4413 | 5.6184 |\n| 89 | 4.1659 | 5.2237 |\n| 90 | 3.9062 | 4.8463 |\n| 91 | 3.6601 | 4.4844 |\n| 92 | 3.4257 | 4.1362 |\n| 93 | 3.2000 | 3.7986 |\n| 94 | 2.9781 | 3.4821 |\n| 95 | 2.7716 | 3.1851 |\n| 96 | 2.5795 | 2.9056 |\n| 97 | 2.4010 | 2.6407 |\n| 98 | 2.2283 | 2.3863 |\n| 99 | 2.0594 | 2.1451 |\n| 100 | 1.8961 | 1.9162 |\n| 101 | 1.7244 | 1.6967 |\n| 102 | 1.5371 | 1.4798 |\n| 103 | 1.3112 | 1.2515 |\n| 104 | 1.0000 | 0.9596 |\n| 105 or older | 0.4928 | 0.4928 |\n\n\n \n\nTable 2 Factors\n\n| Age | Male | Female |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 60 | 20.6553 | 22.0992 |\n| 61 | 20.0494 | 21.5219 |\n| 62 | 19.4383 | 20.9364 |\n| 63 | 18.8222 | 20.3433 |\n| 64 | 18.2031 | 19.7430 |\n| 65 | 17.5819 | 19.1362 |\n| 66 | 16.9592 | 18.5233 |\n| 67 | 16.3356 | 17.9048 |\n| 68 | 15.7121 | 17.2814 |\n| 69 | 15.0907 | 16.6531 |\n| 70 | 14.4723 | 16.0201 |\n| 71 | 13.8504 | 15.3936 |\n| 72 | 13.2320 | 14.7642 |\n| 73 | 12.6175 | 14.1327 |\n| 74 | 12.0080 | 13.4985 |\n| 75 | 11.4045 | 12.8626 |\n| 76 | 10.8094 | 12.2370 |\n| 77 | 10.2254 | 11.6120 |\n| 78 | 9.6547 | 10.9883 |\n| 79 | 9.1002 | 10.3751 |\n| 80 | 8.5633 | 9.7744 |\n| 81 | 8.0448 | 9.1885 |\n| 82 | 7.5458 | 8.6171 |\n| 83 | 7.0669 | 8.0623 |\n| 84 | 6.6140 | 7.5275 |\n| 85 | 6.1881 | 7.0148 |\n| 86 | 5.7715 | 6.5219 |\n| 87 | 5.3849 | 6.0489 |\n| 88 | 5.0283 | 5.5956 |\n| 89 | 4.6985 | 5.1722 |\n| 90 | 4.3956 | 4.7802 |\n| 91 | 4.1201 | 4.4158 |\n| 92 | 3.8591 | 4.0854 |\n| 93 | 3.6098 | 3.7920 |\n| 94 | 3.3716 | 3.5123 |\n| 95 | 3.1418 | 3.2425 |\n| 96 | 2.9164 | 2.9776 |\n| 97 | 2.7000 | 2.7104 |\n| 98 | 2.4825 | 2.4304 |\n| 99 | 2.2571 | 2.1550 |\n| 100 | 2.0173 | 1.8786 |\n| 101 | 1.8378 | 1.6584 |\n| 102 | 1.6442 | 1.4486 |\n| 103 | 1.4140 | 1.2294 |\n| 104 | 1.1014 | 0.9497 |\n| 105 or older | 0.6077 | 0.5002 |\n\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Order remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: providing the technical calculation methodology for family law splits of judicial pensions under the 2012 Amendment Act. 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It sets how to convert a judge’s pension into a lump sum and the corresponding annual amount for a former partner, and how the judge’s future pension is reduced.\n\nIt affects federal judges and their former partners (and the Minister for Finance administering splits) by providing a clear, consistent actuarial method for family law property settlements."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The order does not expand or narrow who is covered; it implements calculation mechanics for pension transfers and transitional adjustments under the Family Law amendment. 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