10Effect on pension rights of appointment of Associate Judge as judge

10 Effect on pension rights of appointment of Associate Judge as judge

[Section 10 Inserted by No. 19 of 1995, s. 11 ][Section 10 Amended by No. 55 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Mar 2008] If a person who holds or has held office as Associate Judge pursuant to an appointment under section 4(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1959 becomes a judge–

(a) [Section 10 Amended by No. 55 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Mar 2008] the period during which that person held office as Associate Judge is, for the purposes of section 5 , to be added to, and is to be taken to be part of, that person's period of service as a judge; and

(b) [Section 10 Amended by No. 55 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Mar 2008] any pension being paid to that person under this Act in relation to his or her service as Associate Judge ceases forthwith to be payable.