Judges’ Pensions Act 1953
4Pension for certain judges retiring voluntarily before mandatory judicial retirement age
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4 Pension for certain judges retiring voluntarily before mandatory judicial retirement age
4 Pension for certain judges retiring voluntarily before mandatory judicial retirement age
(1) A judge appointed before the increased retirement age day who is at least 60 years of age and has served as a judge for not less than 10 years:
(a) may retire voluntarily from the judge’s judicial office, and
(b) on retiring, is entitled to the annual pension to which the judge would have been entitled if the judge had retired from the office in accordance with law at the mandatory judicial retirement age.
(2) A judge appointed on or after the increased retirement age day who is at least 65 years of age and has served as a judge for not less than 10 years:
(a) may retire voluntarily from the judge’s judicial office, and
(b) on retiring, is entitled to the annual pension to which the judge would have been entitled if the judge had retired from the office in accordance with law at the mandatory judicial retirement age.
s 4: Am 1990 No 56, Sch 1; 1992 No 34, Sch 1. Subst 2018 No 87, Sch 2.3 [3].