{"id":"supreme-court-judges-pensions-act-1980","name":"Supreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980","slug":"supreme-court-judges-pensions-act-1980","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30546,"registerId":"nt-supreme-court-judges-pensions-act-1980-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Supreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\nSUPREME COURT (JUDGES PENSIONS) ACT 1980\nAs in force at 1 June 2023\nTable of provisions\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\n1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1\n2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1\n3 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1\n3AA Surviving partners ............................................................................ 3\n3AB Further relationships ........................................................................ 3\nPart 2 Superannuation surcharge\n3A Act to be administered so as to comply with superannuation\nsurcharge laws and agreements with Commonwealth .................... 3\n3B Surcharge debt accounts ................................................................. 4\n3C Advance payments to reduce superannuation contributions\nsurcharge......................................................................................... 4\n3D Repayment of surcharge ................................................................. 5\n3E Commutation to pay deferred superannuation contributions\nsurcharge......................................................................................... 5\nPart 3 Pensions: Judges appointed before the\ncommencement of Part 4\n3F Application of Part ........................................................................... 5\n4 Pensions of Judges ......................................................................... 6\n5 Pension to surviving partner on death of Judge............................... 7\n6 Pension to surviving partner on death of retired Judge ................... 7\n7 Pension in respect of children on death of Judge ............................ 7\n8 Pension in respect of children on death of retired Judge ................. 7\n9 Pension in respect of children on death of surviving partner ........... 8\n10 Pension in respect of children when surviving partner's\npension not payable ........................................................................ 9\n11 Payment of orphans' pensions ........................................................ 9\n13 Special provision relating to pensions payable to children ............ 10\nPart 4 Pensions: Judges appointed on or after\nthe commencement of this Part\n13A Application of Part ......................................................................... 10\n13B Pension of Judge who retires after 15 years of service ................. 10\n13C Pension of Judge in other circumstances ...................................... 11\n\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 ii\n13D Pension of Judge who retires due to permanent disability or\ninfirmity .......................................................................................... 11\nPart 5 Reduction of pension entitlement to pay\ntax debts\n13E Definitions ...................................................................................... 12\n13F Payment of release authority lump sum ........................................ 13\n13G Limit on release authority lump sum .............................................. 13\n13H Effect of releasing amount ............................................................. 13\nPart 6 Miscellaneous provisions\n13J Accrual and payment of pensions.................................................. 14\n14 Pension not payable on removal of Judge ..................................... 14\n15 Adjustment for other pensions ....................................................... 14\n16 Act to be administered so as to comply with Family Law Act\nprovisions in relation to superannuation ........................................ 15\n17 Treasurer may charge fees for additional services ........................ 16\nPart 7 Transitional matters\n18 Transitional matters for Judges and Administrators Pensions\nLegislation Amendment Act 2006 .................................................. 16\nENDNOTES\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 1 June 2023\n____________________\nSUPREME COURT (JUDGES PENSIONS) ACT 1980\nAn Act to provide for pensions to Judges\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\n1 Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Supreme Court (Judges Pensions)\nAct 1980.\n2 Commencement\nThis Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the\nAdministrator by notice in the Gazette.\n3 Interpretation\n(1) In this Act:\nacting Judge and additional Judge have the meanings ascribed\nthereto by the Supreme Court Act 1979.\nappropriate current judicial salary, in relation to a Judge who has\nretired or died, means salary at the rate that would have been\npayable to the Judge if the Judge had not retired or died.\nATO means the Commonwealth Commissioner of Taxation.\nchild includes an adopted child.\neligible child means:\n(a) a child who has not attained the age of 16 years; or\n(b) a child who:\n(i) has attained the age of 16 years but has not attained the\nage of 25 years; and\n(ii) is receiving full-time education at a school, college or\nuniversity.\n\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 2\nfurther relationship has the meaning in section 3AB.\nJudge means a Supreme Court Judge other than an acting Judge\nor additional Judge.\nprior judicial service, in relation to a Judge or retired Judge\nmeans service as a judge of a court constituted by or under the law\nof another State or Territory or of the Commonwealth (other than\nservice as a Local Court Judge, magistrate or justice of the peace)\nbeing service prior to the appointment of that person as a Judge.\nretired Judge means a person who has been a Judge and is or\nhas been in receipt of a pension under this Act.\nretires, in relation to a Judge, means ceases to be a Judge\notherwise than by death.\nsuperannuation contributions surcharge means the\nsuperannuation contributions surcharge imposed under the\nSurcharge Act.\nsuperannuation interest means an interest that a Judge or former\nJudge has under this Act.\nSurcharge Act means the Superannuation Contributions Tax\nImposition Act 1997 of the Commonwealth and includes regulations\nunder that Act.\nSurcharge Collection Act means the Superannuation\nContributions Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997 of the\nCommonwealth and includes regulations under that Act.\nsurviving partner has the meaning in section 3AA.\nNote for subsection (1)\nThe Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be\nrelevant to this Act.\n(2) For this Act, any of the following periods served by a Judge are\ntaken to be a period of service as a Judge and are added to the\nJudge's period of service as a Judge:\n(a) a period of service as an acting Judge;\n(b) another period of prior judicial service.\n(3) For subsection (2) it is immaterial whether the Judge served a\nperiod mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) immediately before a\nperiod of service as a Judge.\n\nPart 2 Superannuation surcharge\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 3\n3AA Surviving partners\n(1) For this Act, the surviving partner of a Judge or retired Judge who\ndies is the surviving spouse or de facto partner of the Judge.\n(2) If a Judge or retired Judge is survived by both a spouse and a\nde facto partner, the surviving partner is:\n(a) the de facto partner if:\n(i) the de facto partner was the de facto partner of the\nJudge for a continuous period of at least 2 years\nimmediately preceding the Judge's death; and\n(ii) the spouse had not lived with the Judge at any time\nduring that period; or\n(b) the spouse if paragraph (a) does not apply.\n3AB Further relationships\n(1) For this Act, a surviving partner enters a further relationship if the\nsurviving partner marries or enters a de facto relationship.\n(2) For this Act, if a surviving partner enters a further relationship and\nthe parties to the relationship adopt a child who is not a child of the\nsurviving partner, the child is taken to be a child of the further\nrelationship.\nPart 2 Superannuation surcharge\n3A Act to be administered so as to comply with superannuation\nsurcharge laws and agreements with Commonwealth\n(1) This Act is to be administered in accordance with:\n(a) the Surcharge Act and the Surcharge Collection Act; and\n(b) a written agreement entered into by the Territory and the\nCommonwealth relating to exempt public sector\nsuperannuation schemes within the meaning of section 10 of\nthe Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 of the\nCommonwealth.\n(2) If a provision of this Act is inconsistent with a provision of the\nSurcharge Act or the Surcharge Collection Act, the provision of this\nAct is to be taken to have been complied with if the provision of the\nSurcharge Act or the Surcharge Collection Act, as the case may be,\n\nPart 2 Superannuation surcharge\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 4\nhas been complied with.\n3B Surcharge debt accounts\n(1) The Treasurer must establish and maintain for the purposes of\nsection 16 of the Surcharge Collection Act a surcharge debt\naccount for each Judge in relation to whom superannuation\ncontributions surcharge is paid or payable by the Treasurer.\n(2) The Treasurer must debit to the surcharge debt account of a Judge:\n(a) superannuation contributions surcharge paid or payable by the\nTreasurer in respect of the Judge; and\n(b) interest payable under the Surcharge Collection Act on the\namount by which the account is in debit.\n(3) The Treasurer must credit to the surcharge debt account of a Judge\nan amount paid under section 3C by the Judge.\n3C Advance payments to reduce superannuation contributions\nsurcharge\n(1) A Judge may, on lodging an approved election form with the\nTreasurer, pay an amount to the Territory for the purpose of\nreducing the amount by which the Judge's surcharge debt account\nis in debit.\n(2) A payment under this section may be made on a periodic or single\npayment basis.\n(3) An election form lodged under subsection (1) is to specify the\namount to be paid and the manner of payment.\n(4) A Judge may, on lodging with the Treasurer, in the approved\nelection form:\n(a) vary in accordance with the form the amount or manner of\npayment of periodic payments; or\n(b) revoke an election under this section.\n(5) In this section, approved election form means a form approved by\nthe Treasurer.\n\nPart 3 Pensions: Judges appointed before the commencement of Part 4\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 5\n3D Repayment of surcharge\nThe Treasurer may commute part of a pension payable under this\nAct in relation to a Judge to a lump sum for the purposes of paying\nto the Territory an amount equal to the balance of the Judge's\nsurcharge debt account.\n3E Commutation to pay deferred superannuation contributions\nsurcharge\n(1) If:\n(a) a retired Judge or a person is paid a pension under this Act;\nand\n(b) the retired Judge or person has received from the ATO notice\nunder section 15 of the Surcharge Collection Act that the\nretired Judge or person is liable to pay an amount of\nsuperannuation contributions surcharge specified in the\nnotice; and\n(c) the superannuation contributions surcharge relates to\nsurchargeable contributions, within the meaning of the\nSurcharge Collection Act, that were made in relation to the\nretired Judge or to a Judge, or retired Judge, who has died,\nthe retired Judge or person may, within a reasonable period after\nthe notice was given, request the Treasurer in writing to commute\nas much of the pension payable to the retired Judge or person as is\nnecessary to provide a lump sum equivalent to the amount.\n(2) The Treasurer must, if satisfied that the commuted amount will be\nused to pay the superannuation contributions surcharge, comply\nwith a request under subsection (1).\nPart 3 Pensions: Judges appointed before the\ncommencement of Part 4\n3F Application of Part\n(1) This Part applies to a Judge who was appointed as a Judge under\nsection 32(1)(c) or (d) of the Supreme Court Act 1979 before the\ncommencement of Part 4.\n(2) For this section, the date on which a Judge began a period of\nservice mentioned in section 3(2) is irrelevant.\n\nPart 3 Pensions: Judges appointed before the commencement of Part 4\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 6\n4 Pensions of Judges\n(1) If a Judge who has attained the age of 60 years retires after serving\nas a Judge for at least 10 years, the judge is entitled to a pension at\na rate equal to 60% of the appropriate current judicial salary.\n(2) If:\n(a) a Judge, whether by reason of the Judge's terms of\nappointment or otherwise, is to cease to hold office as a Judge\non attaining a particular age; and\n(b) the Judge ceases to be a Judge on attaining that age; and\n(c) at the time of cessation, the Judge had served as a Judge for\nat least 6 years; and\n(d) the Judge is not a person to whom subsection (1) applies,\nthe Judge is entitled to a pension at a rate equal to:\n(e) 0.5% of the appropriate current judicial salary for each\ncompleted month of service as a Judge; or\n(f) 60% of the appropriate current judicial salary,\nwhichever results in the lesser pension entitlement.\n(3) If a Judge, not being a Judge to whom subsection (1) or (2) applies,\nretires and the Attorney-General certifies that the retirement is due\nto permanent disability or infirmity, the Judge is entitled to a\npension at a rate equal to:\n(a) if, at the time of the Judge's appointment, the Judge's period\nof service as a Judge could not exceed 10 years, 0.5% of the\nappropriate current judicial salary for each complete month:\n(i) of service mentioned in section 3(2) (if any); and\n(ii) that the Judge could have potentially served, calculated\nfrom the day on which the Judge was appointed as a\nJudge until the day on which the Judge would have\nceased to hold office as a Judge on attaining a particular\nage; or\n(b) in all other cases – 60% of the appropriate current judicial\nsalary.\n\nPart 3 Pensions: Judges appointed before the commencement of Part 4\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 7\n5 Pension to surviving partner on death of Judge\nIf a Judge dies leaving a surviving partner, a pension shall be paid\nto the surviving partner at a rate equal to five-eighths of the rate of\nthe pension that would have been payable to the Judge if the Judge\nhad retired on the date of the Judge's death and (in a case where\nsection 4(1) would not have been applicable in relation to that\nretirement) the Attorney-General had certified that that retirement\nwas due to permanent disability.\n6 Pension to surviving partner on death of retired Judge\nIf a retired Judge dies leaving a surviving partner who married, or\nentered a de facto relationship with, the retired Judge:\n(a) before the retirement; or\n(b) after the retirement but:\n(i) before the retired Judge attained the age of 60 years; or\n(ii) not less than 5 years before the retired Judge died,\na pension shall be paid to surviving partner at a rate equal to five-\neighths of the rate of the pension that would have been payable to\nthe retired Judge if the Judge had not died.\n7 Pension in respect of children on death of Judge\nWhere a Judge dies leaving a surviving partner there shall, in\naddition to any pension that is payable to the surviving partner\nunder section 5, be paid to the surviving partner, in respect of each\neligible child of the surviving partner or of the Judge (other than a\nchild of any further relationship of the surviving partner) a pension\nat the rate of $208 per annum.\n8 Pension in respect of children on death of retired Judge\n(1) Subject to this section, where a retired Judge dies leaving a\nsurviving partner, there shall, in addition to any pension that is\npayable to the surviving partner under section 6, be paid to the\nsurviving partner in respect of each eligible child of the surviving\npartner or of the retired Judge (other than a child of any further\nrelationship of the surviving partner) a pension at the rate of $208\nper annum.\n\nPart 3 Pensions: Judges appointed before the commencement of Part 4\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 8\n(2) If a retired Judge married, or entered a de facto relationship with,\nthe Judge's surviving partner:\n(a) after the Judge's retirement;\n(b) after the Judge attained the age of 60 years; and\n(c) less than 5 years before the Judge died,\na pension is not, upon the death of the retired Judge, payable under\nthis section in respect of:\n(d) a child of that marriage or de facto relationship; or\n(e) any other child of the surviving partner.\n9 Pension in respect of children on death of surviving partner\n(1) Subject to this section, where the surviving partner of a Judge or\nretired Judge, being a surviving partner who became entitled upon\nthe death of the Judge or retired Judge to a pension under this Act,\nhas died, there shall be paid, in respect of each eligible child of the\nsurviving partner of the Judge or retired Judge (other than a child of\nany further relationship of the surviving partner) a pension at the\nrate of $520 per annum or at the rate of such amount per annum as\nis determined in accordance with subsection (2), whichever is the\nhigher rate.\n(2) The amount to be determined for the purposes of subsection (1) is\nthe sum of $208 and an amount ascertained by dividing by 4 (or, if\nthe number of eligible children in respect of whom pension is\npayable under this section is greater than 4, by the number of those\nchildren) the annual amount of the pension that, but for the death of\nthe surviving partner, would, by virtue of section 5 or 6, have been\npayable to the surviving partner.\n(3) If a retired Judge married, or entered a de facto relationship with,\nthe Judge's surviving partner:\n(a) after the Judge's retirement;\n(b) after the Judge attained the age of 60 years; and\n(c) less than 5 years before the Judge died,\na pension is not, upon the death of the surviving partner of the\nretired Judge, payable under this section in respect of:\n(d) a child of that marriage or de facto relationship; or\n\nPart 3 Pensions: Judges appointed before the commencement of Part 4\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 9\n(e) any other child of the surviving partner.\n10 Pension in respect of children when surviving partner's\npension not payable\n(1) Subject to this section, where a Judge or retired Judge has died\nwithout leaving a surviving partner who became entitled, upon the\ndeath of the Judge or retired Judge, to a pension under this Act,\nthere shall be paid, in respect of each eligible child of the Judge or\nretired Judge or of a person (whether deceased or not) who was at\nany time the spouse or de facto partner of that Judge or retired\nJudge, a pension at the rate of $520 per annum or at the rate of\nsuch amount per annum as is determined in accordance with\nsubsection (2), whichever is the higher rate.\n(2) The amount to be determined for the purposes of subsection (1) is\nthe sum of $208 and an amount ascertained by dividing by 4 (or, if\nthe number of eligible children in respect of whom pension is\npayable under this section is greater than 4, by the number of those\nchildren) the annual amount of the pension that would, by virtue of\nsection 5, have been payable to a surviving partner of the Judge, or\nwould, by virtue of section 6, have been payable to a surviving\npartner of the retired Judge who married, or entered a de facto\nrelationship with, the retired Judge before the retirement of the\nretired Judge.\n(3) This section does not apply in relation to:\n(a) a child of a former spouse or de facto partner of a Judge or\nretired Judge;\n(b) a child of a marriage or de facto relationship of a retired Judge\nthat occurred or was entered into:\n(i) after the retirement of the Judge;\n(ii) after the retired Judge attained the age of 60 years; and\n(iii) less than 5 years before the retired Judge died.\n11 Payment of orphans' pensions\nA pension in respect of a child under either section 9 or 10 is to be\npaid to the guardian of the child for the child's support and\neducation.\n\nPart 4 Pensions: Judges appointed on or after the commencement of this Part\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 10\n13 Special provision relating to pensions payable to children\n(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the provisions of this Act\nother than this section, where a pension is payable under this Act in\nrespect of an eligible child:\n(a) if the Attorney-General is of the opinion that the child's support\nand education will be best assured by doing so, the Attorney-\nGeneral may direct that the pension be paid to a person\nspecified by the Attorney-General; or\n(b) if the Attorney-General is satisfied that, by reason of special\ncircumstances, it is desirable to do so in the interests of the\nchild, the Attorney-General may direct that the pension be\nexpended for the benefit of the child in a specified manner.\n(2) Where a pension referred to in subsection (1) is payable to the\nsurviving partner of a Judge or retired Judge, the power of the\nAttorney-General to direct payment of the pension to another\nperson applies only where the child is not living with the surviving\npartner.\nPart 4 Pensions: Judges appointed on or after the\ncommencement of this Part\n13A Application of Part\n(1) This Part applies to a Judge:\n(a) who is appointed as a Judge under section 32(1)(c) or (d) of\nthe Supreme Court Act 1979; and\n(b) to whom Part 3 does not apply.\nNote for subsection (1)\nPart 3 applies to a Judge who was appointed as a Judge under section 32(1)(c)\nor (d) of the Supreme Court Act 1979 before the commencement of this Part.\n(2) For this section, the date on which a Judge began a period of\nservice mentioned in section 3(2) is irrelevant.\n13B Pension of Judge who retires after 15 years of service\n(1) A Judge is entitled to a pension under this section if, when the\nJudge ceases to hold office as a Judge, the Judge:\n(a) has served as a Judge for 15 years or more; and\n\nPart 4 Pensions: Judges appointed on or after the commencement of this Part\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 11\n(b) is at least 65 years of age.\n(2) The pension is to be paid at a rate equal to 60% of the appropriate\ncurrent judicial salary.\n13C Pension of Judge in other circumstances\n(1) A Judge is entitled to a pension under this section if:\n(a) the Judge, whether by reason of the terms of the Judge's\nappointment or otherwise, is to cease to hold office as a Judge\non the Judge attaining a particular age; and\n(b) the Judge ceases to be a Judge on the Judge attaining that\nage; and\n(c) at the time of the cessation, the Judge had served as a Judge\nfor at least 9 years; and\n(d) section 13B does not apply to the Judge.\n(2) The pension is to be paid at the lesser of the following rates:\n(a) one-third of 1% of the appropriate current judicial salary for\neach completed month of the Judge's period of service as a\nJudge;\n(b) 60% of the appropriate current judicial salary.\n13D Pension of Judge who retires due to permanent disability or\ninfirmity\n(1) A Judge is entitled to a pension under this section if:\n(a) sections 13B and 13C do not apply to the Judge; and\n(b) the Judge retires and the Attorney-General certifies that the\nretirement is due to permanent disability or infirmity.\n(2) The pension is to be paid at one of the following rates:\n(a) if, at the time of the Judge's appointment as a Judge, the\nJudge's period of service as a Judge could not exceed\n15 years – one-third of 1% of the appropriate current judicial\nsalary for:\n(i) each completed month of service as a Judge (if any);\nand\n\nPart 5 Reduction of pension entitlement to pay tax debts\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 12\n(ii) each complete month of service the Judge could have\nserved from the date of retirement until the Judge would\nhave ceased to hold office on attaining a particular age;\n(b) in any other case – 60% of the appropriate current judicial\nsalary.\nExamples for subsection (2)\n1 A Judge serves as a Judge for 8 years before retiring due to permanent\ndisability on the day the Judge turns 70. The Judge had not served a\nperiod mentioned in section 3(2). Under the Supreme Court Act 1979, the\nJudge could have continued to hold office for another 5 years until turning\n75. However, at the time of the Judge's appointment the Judge could not\nhave held office for 15 years so the Judge is entitled to a pension under\nsubsection (2)(a).\n2 A Judge serves as a Judge for 8 years before retiring due to permanent\ndisability on the day the Judge turns 70. The Judge had previously served\nas an acting Judge for 4 years. Under the Supreme Court Act 1979, the\nJudge could have continued to hold office for another 5 years until turning\n75. Accordingly, after accounting for the Judge's prior service as an acting\nJudge, the Judge could have served more than 15 years until attaining the\nage of 75 and the Judge is entitled to a pension under subsection (2)(b).\nPart 5 Reduction of pension entitlement to pay tax\ndebts\n13E Definitions\nIn this Part:\nCommonwealth Act means the Taxation Administration\nAct 1953 (Cth).\npension recipient means a person who is entitled (or is about to\nbecome entitled) to receive a pension under this Act.\nrelease authority means an authority issued to a pension recipient\nby the ATO under item 3 of the table in section 135-10(1) of\nSchedule 1 to the Commonwealth Act that authorises the Treasurer\nto release to the ATO an amount to which the pension recipient is\nentitled under this Act.\nrelease authority lump sum means an amount paid by the\nTreasurer under section 13F.\n\nPart 5 Reduction of pension entitlement to pay tax debts\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 13\n13F Payment of release authority lump sum\n(1) The Treasurer may pay to the ATO a release authority lump sum\nfrom a pension recipient's entitlements if:\n(a) the ATO issues a release authority to the pension recipient;\nand\n(b) the release authority is given to the Treasurer in accordance\nwith the Commonwealth Act.\n(2) Subject to section 13G, the amount of the release authority lump\nsum is the smaller of the following amounts:\n(a) the amount stated in the release authority;\n(b) if either the pension recipient or the ATO requests that the\nTreasurer pay a specified amount in relation to the release\nauthority – that amount.\nNote for section 13F\nThe Commonwealth Act provides for money to be released from a\nsuperannuation plan to pay a tax liability incurred under Chapter 3, Part 3-30,\nDivision 293 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth).\n13G Limit on release authority lump sum\n(1) In addition to any requirements in Division 135 of Schedule 1 to the\nCommonwealth Act, payment of a release authority lump sum must\nnot have the effect that a pension recipient's entitlements under this\nAct are reduced below zero.\n(2) For subsection (1), the effect of a release authority lump sum on a\npension recipient's entitlements is to be calculated after taking\naccount of any of the following reductions to the recipient's\nentitlements:\n(a) a reduction after a commutation under section 3E;\n(b) a reduction resulting from action taken under section 16.\n13H Effect of releasing amount\n(1) If the Treasurer pays a release authority lump sum, the pension\nrecipient's entitlements under this Act must be reduced to ensure\nthe Territory recovers the amount of the release authority lump\nsum.\n(2) The Treasurer must take advice from an actuary in determining a\nreduction in pension entitlements under this section.\n\nPart 6 Miscellaneous provisions\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 14\n(3) A reduction takes effect on the first day on which an entitlement\nunder this Act is to be paid to the recipient that is more than\n14 days after the Treasurer is given the release authority.\n(4) If a retired Judge entitled to a pension under Part 3 dies and the\nretired Judge's surviving partner is entitled to a pension under\nPart 3, any reduction under this section is to be applied to the\nsurviving partner's entitlement on the first day on which the\nentitlement is to be paid to the surviving partner after the death of\nthe retired Judge.\nPart 6 Miscellaneous provisions\n13J Accrual and payment of pensions\nPensions under this Act:\n(a) accrue from day to day but are payable fortnightly; and\n(b) are payable out of the public moneys of the Territory and the\nappropriation for that purpose is established or increased to\nthe extent necessary.\n14 Pension not payable on removal of Judge\nUnless the Administrator otherwise directs, a pension under this Act\nis not payable by reason of the service of a Judge who has been\nremoved from office under section 40 of the Supreme Court\nAct 1979.\n15 Adjustment for other pensions\n(1) Where:\n(a) a pension is payable under this Act by reason of the service of\na person as a Judge; and\n(b) a pension is or becomes payable otherwise than under this\nAct in respect of the prior judicial service of that person,\nthe amount of the pension that would, but for this subsection, be\npayable under this Act in respect of any period shall be reduced by\nthe amount of the pension in respect of the prior judicial service that\nis payable in respect of that period.\n(2) In this section, a reference to a pension in respect of prior judicial\nservice shall be read as a reference to a pension or retiring\nallowance paid or payable, whether by virtue of a law or otherwise,\n\nPart 6 Miscellaneous provisions\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 15\nout of moneys provided in whole or in part by the Territory, a State,\nthe Commonwealth or another Territory, being a pension or retiring\nallowance paid or payable by reason of prior judicial service or prior\njudicial service and any other service.\n16 Act to be administered so as to comply with Family Law Act\nprovisions in relation to superannuation\n(1) This section applies despite any other provision of this Act.\n(2) This Act is to be administered in accordance with the provisions of\nthe Family Law Act relating to superannuation.\n(3) Subject to the provisions of the Family Law Act relating to\nsuperannuation, this Act is to be administered in relation to a\nperson in accordance with the provisions of a splitting instrument, if\nany, that applies in relation to the person.\n(4) The Treasurer may prepare written administrative instructions that\nare necessary or convenient to give effect to:\n(a) the provisions of the Family Law Act relating to\nsuperannuation;\n(b) splitting instruments; and\n(c) Acts of the Commonwealth relating to superannuation and\nregulations under those Acts.\n(5) Without limiting the generality of subsection (4), administrative\ninstructions for the purposes of that subsection may include, but are\nnot limited to, the following:\n(a) the methods of calculating and paying a superannuation\ninterest to member spouses and non-member spouses,\nincluding calculations that may reduce the superannuation\ninterest of a member spouse;\n(b) the establishing of interests and accounts, including accounts\nunder the Superannuation Act 1986, for non-member\nspouses.\n(6) An administrative instruction prepared under subsection (4) takes\neffect on the date specified in the instruction.\n\nPart 7 Transitional matters\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 16\n(7) If a provision of this Act or the administrative instructions made\nunder this section is inconsistent with:\n(a) a provision of the Family Law Act relating to superannuation;\nor\n(b) a splitting instrument,\nthe provision of this Act or the administrative instructions is taken to\nhave been complied with if the provision of the Family Law Act or a\nsplitting instrument, as the case may be, has been complied with.\n(8) In this section:\nFamily Law Act means the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) and\nincludes regulations made under that Act.\nmember spouse, in relation to a superannuation interest, means\nthe person who is the member spouse in relation to that interest\nunder Part VIIIB of the Family Law Act.\nnon-member spouse, in relation to a superannuation interest,\nmeans the person who is the non-member spouse in relation to that\ninterest under Part VIIIB of the Family Law Act.\nsplitting instrument means any of the following, within the\nmeaning of Part VIIIB of the Family Law Act:\n(a) a superannuation agreement;\n(b) a flag lifting agreement that provides for a payment split;\n(c) a splitting order.\n17 Treasurer may charge fees for additional services\nThe Treasurer may charge a person the reasonable cost of\nperforming on behalf of the person a service in relation to this Act\nthat the Treasurer undertakes at the request of the person.\nPart 7 Transitional matters\n18 Transitional matters for Judges and Administrators Pensions\nLegislation Amendment Act 2006\n(1) The amendments made to this Act by Part 2 of the Judges and\nAdministrators Pensions Legislation Amendment Act 2006 have\neffect in relation to anyone holding office as a Judge before, on or\nafter the commencement of this section.\n\nPart 7 Transitional matters\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 17\n(2) However, the amendments do not create an entitlement to an\namount of pension for a period before the commencement of this\nsection.\n\nENDNOTES\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 18\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY\nKey to abbreviations\namd = amended od = order\napp = appendix om = omitted\nbl = by-law pt = Part\nch = Chapter r = regulation/rule\ncl = clause rem = remainder\ndiv = Division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired rep = repealed\nf = forms s = section\nGaz = Gazette sch = Schedule\nhdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision\nins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation\nlt = long title sub = substituted\nnc = not commenced\n2 LIST OF LEGISLATION\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 (Act No. 52, 1980)\nAssent date 4 June 1980\nCommenced 2 April 1982 (Gaz G13, 2 April 1982, p 4)\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Amendment Act 1985 (Act No. 19, 1985)\nAssent date 23 May 1985\nCommenced 3 July 1985 (Gaz G26, 3 July 1985, p 5)\nStatute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 77, 1991)\nAssent date 16 December 1991\nCommenced s 10: 2 April 1982; rem: 16 December 1991 (s 10(2), s 2\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 (Act No. 52,\n1980) and Gaz G13, 2 April 1982, p 4)\nFinancial Management (Consequential Amendments) Act 1995 (Act No. 5, 1995)\nAssent date 21 March 1995\nCommenced 1 April 1995 (s 2, s 2 Financial Management Act 1992 (Act\nNo. 4, 1995) and Gaz S13, 31 March 1995)\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Amendment Act 1998 (Act No. 68, 1998)\nAssent date 23 September 1998\nCommenced 20 October 1998 (Gaz S41, 20 October 1998)\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Amendment Act 1999 (Act No. 62, 1999)\nAssent date 14 December 1999\nCommenced 14 December 1999\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Amendment Act 2003 (Act No. 9, 2003)\nAssent date 18 March 2003\nCommenced 28 May 2003 (Gaz G21, 28 May 2003, p 3)\n\nENDNOTES\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 19\nLaw Reform (Gender, Sexuality and De Facto Relationships) Act 2003 (Act No. 1, 2004)\nAssent date 7 January 2004\nCommenced 17 March 2004 (Gaz G11, 17 March 2004, p 8)\nJudges and Administrators Pensions Legislation Amendment Act 2006 (Act No. 21,\n2006)\nAssent date 28 June 2006\nCommenced 28 June 2006\nFinancial Management Amendment Act 2009 (Act No. 15, 2009)\nAssent date 18 June 2009\nCommenced 18 June 2009\nLocal Court (Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 8, 2016)\nAssent date 6 April 2016\nCommenced 1 May 2016 (s 2, s 2 Local Court (Repeals and Related\nAmendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 9, 2016) and Gaz S34,\n29 April 2016)\nJudicial and Other Officers' Entitlements Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (Act No. 14,\n2023)\nAssent date 31 May 2023\nCommenced 1 June 2023 (s 2)\n3 SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS\ns 5 Supreme Court (Judges Pensions) Amendment Act 1985 (Act No. 29,\n1985)\ns 61 Law Reform (Gender, Sexuality and De Facto Relationships Act 2003\n(Act No. 1, 2004)\n4 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: ss 1, 3, 14 and 16.\n5 LIST OF AMENDMENTS\npt 1 hdg ins No. 14, 2023, s 4\ns 3 amd No. 77, 1991, s 10; No. 68, 1998, s 4; No. 9, 2003, s 4; No. 1, 2004,\ns 52; No. 8, 2016, s 45; No. 14, 2023, s 5\nss 3AA – 3AB ins No. 1, 2004, s 53\npt 2 hdg ins No. 14, 2023, s 6\nss 3A – 3B ins No. 68, 1998, s 5\ns 3C ins No. 68, 1998, s 5\namd No. 14, 2023, s 12\ns 3D ins No. 68, 1998, s 5\ns 3E ins No. 62, 1999, s 2\namd No. 14, 2023, s 12\npt 3 hdg ins No. 14, 2023, s 7\ns 3F ins No. 14, 2023, s 7\ns 4 amd No. 19, 1985, s 4; No. 68, 1998, s 6; No. 14, 2023, s 12\ns 5 amd No. 68, 1998, s 6; No. 1, 2004, s 54; No. 21, 2006, s 3\n\nENDNOTES\nSupreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 20\ns 6 amd No. 68, 1998, s 6; No. 1, 2004, s 55; No. 21, 2006, s 4\ns 8 amd No. 68, 1998, s 6; No. 1, 2004, s 57; No. 14, 2023, s 12\ns 9 amd No. 68, 1998, s 6; No. 1, 2004, s 58; No. 21, 2006, s 5; No. 14, 2023,\ns 12\ns 10 amd No. 1, 2004, s 59\ns 11 amd No. 14, 2023, s 12\ns 12 amd No. 5, 1995, s 19; No. 15, 2009, s 16\nrep No. 14, 2023, s 8\ns 13 amd No. 68, 1998, s 6; No. 1, 2004, s 60; No. 14, 2023, s 12\npt 4 hdg ins No. 14, 2023, s 9\nss 13A – 13D ins No. 14, 2023, s 9\npt 5 hdg ins No. 14, 2023, s 9\nss 13E – 13H ins No. 14, 2023, s 9\npt 6 hdg ins No. 14, 2023, s 9\ns 13J ins No. 14, 2023, s 9\ns 16 ins No. 9, 2003, s 5\namd No. 14, 2023, s 10\ns 17 ins No. 9, 2003, s 5\npt 7 hdg ins No. 14, 2023, s 11\ns 18 ins No. 21, 2006, s 6","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act has materially expanded from a straightforward 1980 judges’ pension statute into a framework that integrates Territory pensions with Commonwealth superannuation surcharge collection, Commonwealth tax recovery mechanisms and Family Law splitting instruments. Key additions include: (a) explicit compliance and operational links with Commonwealth surcharge and collection laws and a requirement to keep surcharge debt accounts and accept advance payments (ss 3A, 3B–3C, 3D–3E); (b) powers to satisfy ATO release authorities and to reduce pension entitlements after actuarial advice (ss 13E–13H); (c) Family Law compliance and administrative instructions to implement splitting instruments (s 16); and (d) a separate modernised Part (Part 4) with changed age/service thresholds for judges appointed after its commencement (ss 13A–13D). Those amendments broaden the Act’s scope from purely setting pension entitlements to managing tax recovery, inter-jurisdictional compliance and family law interactions, increasing administrative complexity and external legal dependency."},"complexity_factors":["Two parallel pension regimes (Parts 3 and 4) with different age and service thresholds and distinct monthly percentage calculations (ss 4, 13B–13D)","Multiple defined terms and eligibility rules, including special definitions for surviving partner, eligible child, prior judicial service and superannuation terms (s 3, ss 3AA–3AB)","Cross-references to several Commonwealth Acts and external instruments (Superannuation Contributions Tax Imposition Act 1997; Surcharge Collection Act; Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth); Family Law Act 1975) requiring administration to align with external law (ss 3A, 13E, 16)","Nested conditional rules about survivor and child pensions depending on timing of marriage/de facto relationships and retirement (ss 6, 8–10)","Multiple recovery and commutation mechanisms (Treasurer commutation for surcharge, advance payments, ATO release authorities) with actuarial reductions and sequencing rules (ss 3B–3E, 13F–13H)","Administrative discretion concentrated in multiple offices (Treasurer, Attorney‑General, Administrator) combined with requirement for written administrative instructions and actuarial advice (ss 3C, 13, 13H(2), 16)","Transitional and amendment history that affects which Part applies to a given Judge (s 3F, s 13A and s 18)","Fixed nominal child pension amounts and formulas that can require calculation and possible adjustment (ss 7–11)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does (in plain terms)**\n\n- This Act sets out who gets a pension from the Northern Territory for service as a Supreme Court Judge, how pensions are calculated, and how they are paid. It also creates mechanisms to deal with Commonwealth superannuation taxes and Family Law orders that affect those pensions.\n\n- The Territory (through the Treasurer) pays the pensions and administers accounts and payments. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and Commonwealth superannuation laws interact with this Act in several places.\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Current and former Supreme Court Judges of the Northern Territory (excluding acting or additional judges except where the Act treats some prior acting service as judicial service) (see definition of “Judge” and s 3(2)).\n- Retired Judges and their surviving partners and eligible children (see ss 3AA, 4–11, 13).\n- The Treasurer (who manages accounts, accepts payments, commutes pensions and follows release authorities) and the Attorney‑General (who certifies disability retirements and can direct payment arrangements for children) (see ss 3B–3E, 4(3), 13).\n- The ATO and Commonwealth officials, when superannuation surcharge or taxation recovery mechanisms are triggered (see Part 2 and Part 5).\n\n**Key mechanics — how the Act operates**\n\n- Two pension regimes exist depending on when a Judge was appointed (Part 3 covers Judges appointed before the modern Part 4 rules; Part 4 covers Judges appointed on or after the relevant commencement) (see ss 3F, 13A).\n\n- Basic entitlement rules:\n  - Older regime (Part 3): a Judge aged 60+ with at least 10 years’ service is entitled to a pension equal to 60% of the judicial salary that would apply if still serving (the “appropriate current judicial salary”) (s 4(1)). Other retirement-age cases and disability retirements have stepwise calculations (ss 4(2)–(3)).\n  - Newer regime (Part 4): a Judge who leaves office aged 65 or older with at least 15 years’ service gets 60% of salary (s 13B). In other retirement-age cases (usually mandatory retirement), a qualified Judge with 9+ years’ service gets a pension calculated as 0.333...% (one‑third of 1%) per completed month of service, capped at 60% (s 13C). Disability retirements are subject to special calculations (s 13D).\n\n- Survivor and child benefits:\n  - A surviving partner of a Judge or retired Judge may be paid five‑eighths of the pension that would have been payable to the Judge (ss 5–6).\n  - Eligible children (defined by age and full‑time education status) may receive modest fixed annual pensions; the Act contains different amounts and formulas depending on whether a surviving partner exists and on timing of relationships (ss 3(1), 7–11). The Attorney‑General can order that child pensions be paid to a person other than the surviving partner or be applied in a particular way where that is in the child’s interest (s 13).\n\n- Interaction with Commonwealth superannuation surcharge and tax recovery:\n  - The Act must be administered so it complies with Commonwealth superannuation surcharge and related collection laws, and any written agreement between the Territory and Commonwealth about exempt public sector superannuation schemes (s 3A).\n  - The Treasurer must keep a surcharge debt account for any Judge in respect of which the Territory pays a superannuation contributions surcharge; the Treasurer can debit surcharge amounts and interest and can accept voluntary advance payments from Judges to reduce those debit balances (ss 3B–3C).\n  - The Treasurer may commute (convert) part of a pension to a lump sum to pay a surcharge debt or to meet an ATO notice under the Surcharge Collection Act if requested and satisfied (ss 3D–3E).\n  - Under the Commonwealth taxation recovery rules, the ATO can issue a release authority; the Treasurer may pay a release authority lump sum from pension entitlements to the ATO, subject to limits so entitlements do not go below zero and after actuarial advice; the Treasurer must reduce the pension entitlements accordingly (ss 13E–13H).\n\n- Family Law compliance and administrative procedure:\n  - The Act must be administered consistently with the Family Law Act provisions relating to superannuation and with any splitting instrument (orders or agreements that split superannuation on relationship breakdown). The Treasurer may prepare administrative instructions to implement those requirements, including methods of calculation and account establishment (s 16).\n\n- Other operational features:\n  - Pensions accrue daily and are paid fortnightly (s 13J).\n  - Pensions are not payable for a Judge removed from office under the Supreme Court Act unless the Administrator directs otherwise (s 14).\n  - If a person receives a pension for prior judicial service from another scheme, the Territory’s pension is reduced for that overlapping period (s 15).\n  - The Treasurer can charge a person the reasonable cost of extra services requested under the Act (s 17).\n\n**Why it matters (stated purposes and practical effects)**\n\n- The Act both creates entitlements (pensions to judges, survivors and children) and embeds mechanisms to ensure those entitlements interact with Commonwealth tax and family law regimes. Claimed purposes include securing retirement income for judges and ensuring compliance with Commonwealth surcharge and Family Law rules (s 3A, s 16). \n\n- Practical trade-offs and implementation features:\n  - Who pays: the Territory funds pensions and any surcharge payments the Territory is required to make; those surcharge payments can create a recoverable debt against an individual Judge’s entitlement (ss 3B–3D). That shifts the accounting burden to the Territory initially but gives the Territory avenues to recover amounts from the judge’s pension or via commutation.\n  - Individual choices: Judges may choose to make advance payments to reduce a surcharge debt (s 3C) or request commutation to discharge a deferred surcharge debt (s 3E).\n  - Administrative discretion: the Treasurer has multiple operational powers (establish accounts, accept payments, commute pensions, pay release authority lump sums subject to actuarial advice) and the Attorney‑General has formal certification powers for disability retirements and directions concerning child pensions (ss 3B–3E, 13, 13F–13H, 4(3), 13). Those powers impose administrative tasks and require actuarial input where pension reductions are calculated (s 13H(2)).\n  - Compliance costs: judges and pension recipients face procedural requirements (lodging election forms for advance payments, responding to ATO notices, potentially providing release authorities) and the Treasurer must keep records and follow Commonwealth rules and splitting instruments (ss 3C, 3E, 13F, 16).\n  - Legal interaction risks: the Act cross‑references Commonwealth tax and family law regimes and relies on agreements with the Commonwealth; where those external laws change, the Territory must administer the Act to be consistent with them (s 3A, s 16). That creates implementation and coordination risk and reliance on actuarial and legal advice.\n\n**Concrete incentives and likely behavioural effects**\n\n- Judges with surcharge exposure can reduce their surcharge debt by making advance payments (s 3C) or by requesting a commutation when a surcharge notice arrives (s 3E). That makes private payment a viable option to reduce future deductions from pensions.\n\n- The ability of the ATO, via a release authority, to require payment from pension entitlements (and the Treasurer’s corresponding power to reduce entitlements after actuarial advice) creates an incentive for pension recipients to manage tax liabilities before pensions are reduced (ss 13F–13H).\n\n- The Family Law and splitting‑instrument provisions (s 16) mean that on relationship breakdown, a pension interest can be split or otherwise adjusted according to Commonwealth family law; this affects the bargaining space between separating spouses/partners and the practical value of a judge’s pension interest to non‑member spouses.\n\n**Where the law concentrates benefits and costs**\n\n- Benefits are concentrated (pension income) on a small population: serving and retired Supreme Court Judges and their survivorship beneficiaries. Costs (pension payments, surcharge payments initially paid by the Territory) are borne by the Territory’s budget. The Act provides multiple mechanisms for the Territory to recover surcharge and tax debts from individual entitlements.\n\n**Sections to note for specific rules**\n\n- Pension rates and qualification: ss 4, 13B–13D.\n- Survivor and child payments and timing rules: ss 3AA, 5–11, 13.\n- Superannuation surcharge accounts and advance payments: ss 3A–3C, 3D–3E.\n- Tax recovery via release authority and entitlements reduction: ss 13E–13H.\n- Family Law and splitting instruments: s 16.\n- Removal/cancellation: s 14.\n\n(References in parentheses are to sections of the Supreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980.)"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The legislation has grown significantly beyond its original 1980 purpose of providing basic pensions to Judges. Major expansions include: (1) Part 2 (superannuation surcharge compliance) added in 1998 to deal with federal tax laws; (2) Part 4 added in 2023 creating a whole new pension scheme for newer Judges with different service requirements; (3) Part 5 added in 2023 for tax debt release authorities; (4) Section 16 (Family Law compliance) added in 2003 to handle superannuation splitting; and (5) Various amendments recognising de facto relationships and updating definitions. The Act has evolved from a simple pension scheme into a complex instrument integrating federal tax, family law, and modern relationship recognition."},"complexity_factors":["Two distinct pension schemes operating in parallel (Part 3 for pre-Part 4 appointees, Part 4 for post-Part 4 appointees) with different eligibility thresholds (10 years vs 15 years service, age 60 vs 65)","Multiple defined terms in section 3 including 'appropriate current judicial salary', 'eligible child', 'prior judicial service', and 'superannuation interest'","Complex interaction with Commonwealth legislation including the Superannuation Contributions Tax Imposition Act 1997, Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993, Taxation Administration Act 1953, and Family Law Act 1975","Nested conditional logic for calculating pension rates, particularly in sections 4(2), 4(3), 13C and 13D which contain multiple sub-paragraphs and alternative calculations","Specific rules for 'further relationships' and complex eligibility criteria for surviving partners and children (sections 3AA, 3AB, 6, 8, 9, 10)","Mechanisms for commutation (converting pension to lump sum) to pay tax debts (sections 3D, 3E, Part 5)","Transitional provisions (section 18) and historical amendments tracking changes from 1980 to 2023"],"plain_english_summary":"This Northern Territory law sets up a pension scheme for Supreme Court Judges. It covers who gets paid what when a Judge retires, dies, or becomes disabled, and also provides for their partners and children.\n\n**Key points:**\n\n*   **Who it covers:** Supreme Court Judges of the Northern Territory (but not temporary or additional Judges). The law splits Judges into two groups based on when they were appointed, with different rules for each.\n*   **Retirement pensions:** Judges generally get a pension when they retire, usually around 60% of their current salary, but the exact amount depends on their age, years of service, and which appointment group they fall into.\n*   **Death benefits:** If a Judge dies, their surviving partner (spouse or de facto partner) usually gets a pension. Children may also receive smaller pensions until they turn 16 (or 25 if studying full-time).\n*   **Tax and superannuation:** The law includes complex rules for dealing with federal superannuation taxes (the \"superannuation contributions surcharge\") and allows pensions to be reduced to pay certain tax debts.\n*   **Family law:** The law must be administered in line with the federal Family Law Act, meaning pensions can be split between separating couples.\n\nIn short, it's a specialised superannuation and pension scheme for senior judges, ensuring they and their families are financially supported after retirement or death, while also complying with federal tax and family law requirements."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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