3Pension for certain judges who retired, or retire, at mandatory judicial retirement age

3 Pension for certain judges who retired, or retire, at mandatory judicial retirement age

3 Pension for certain judges who retired, or retire, at mandatory judicial retirement age

(1) This section applies to a retired judge who retired from his or her judicial office before, on or after the appointed day pursuant to:

(a) the Judges Retirement Act 1918,

(b) section 14 (2) of the Industrial Arbitration Act 1940,

(c) section 4 (2) (c) (iv) of the Crown Employees Appeal Board Act 1944,

(d) section 31 (3) (b) of the Workers’ Compensation Act 1926, or section 9 (3) of the Compensation Court Act 1984, or

(e) section 9 (3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979,

having served as a judge in that judicial office for not less than five years.

Note—

Section 55 (2) of the Judicial Officers Act 1986 provides for the reference in this section to the Judges Retirement Act 1918 to be read as a reference to the Judges Retirement Act 1918 or the Judicial Officers Act 1986.

(2) A retired judge to whom this section applies is entitled:

(a) where he or she retired before the appointed day—during that part of the period of his or her retirement that commenced on the appointed day, or

(b) where he or she retired on or after the appointed day—during the period of his or her retirement,

to a pension at an annual rate that, at any time during that period, is a percentage, calculated as provided by subsection (3), of his or her notional judicial salary at that time.

(3) The percentage referred to in subsection (2) is:

(a) in the case of a retired judge who retired before 14 March 1969—the sum of:

(i) twenty-five per centum, and