Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957
sec.2BSalary of judges who died or retired before 1984 Amendment Act
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sec.2B Salary of judges who died or retired before 1984 Amendment Act
This section applies in relation to a judge (a pre-1984 judge ) who died or retired before the commencement of the Judges’ Pensions Act Amendment Act 1984 . For the purposes of this Act, the salary of a pre-1984 judge is the annual rate of salary that would be payable to the judge if the judge had not died or retired and the judge’s annual rate of salary were— before 1 July 1992—the judge’s 1991 notional salary amount; and on and after 1 July 1992—the product of— the judge’s 1991 notional salary amount; and the judge’s notional salary increase factor. The judge’s notional salary increase factor is the number worked out, to 2 decimal places, using the following formula— In this section— 1991 notional salary amount , for a judge, means the annual rate of salary that would have been necessary to be payable to the judge (if the judge had not died or retired) to entitle the judge or the judge’s widow to continue to receive, or receive, pension at the same annual rate after the commencement of this section, and up to 30 June 1992, as would have been payable if the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 had not been enacted and amended this Act. 1992 notional salary package amount , for a judge, means the judge’s notional salary package amount that applied immediately before 1 July 1992. latest notional salary package amount , for a judge, means the judge’s notional salary package amount applicable under the Judicial Remuneration Act 2007 . notional salary package amount , for a judge, means the total of the annual rate of salary and allowances, including any general allowance and jurisprudential allowance, that would be payable to the judge or to which the judge could have become entitled, if the judge had not died or retired. s 2B ins 1994 No. 76 s 7 amd 2007 No. 55 s 54 sch 1 (sec.2B-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a judge (a pre-1984 judge ) who died or retired before the commencement of the Judges’ Pensions Act Amendment Act 1984 . (sec.2B-ssec.2) For the purposes of this Act, the salary of a pre-1984 judge is the annual rate of salary that would be payable to the judge if the judge had not died or retired and the judge’s annual rate of salary were— before 1 July 1992—the judge’s 1991 notional salary amount; and on and after 1 July 1992—the product of— the judge’s 1991 notional salary amount; and the judge’s notional salary increase factor. (sec.2B-ssec.3) The judge’s notional salary increase factor is the number worked out, to 2 decimal places, using the following formula— (sec.2B-ssec.4) In this section— 1991 notional salary amount , for a judge, means the annual rate of salary that would have been necessary to be payable to the judge (if the judge had not died or retired) to entitle the judge or the judge’s widow to continue to receive, or receive, pension at the same annual rate after the commencement of this section, and up to 30 June 1992, as would have been payable if the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 had not been enacted and amended this Act. 1992 notional salary package amount , for a judge, means the judge’s notional salary package amount that applied immediately before 1 July 1992. latest notional salary package amount , for a judge, means the judge’s notional salary package amount applicable under the Judicial Remuneration Act 2007 . notional salary package amount , for a judge, means the total of the annual rate of salary and allowances, including any general allowance and jurisprudential allowance, that would be payable to the judge or to which the judge could have become entitled, if the judge had not died or retired.