Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957
sec.3Pension of judge retiring at 70
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sec.3 Pension of judge retiring at 70
If a judge retires on reaching 70 after serving as a judge for not less than 5 years, the judge is, subject to subsection (2) , entitled to a pension at a rate equal to 6% of the judge’s salary for each completed year of service as a judge. The maximum pension to which the judge is entitled is the following percentage of the judge’s salary— if the judge retired before the enactment of the Judges’ Pensions Act Amendment Act 1984 —50%; in any other case—60%. s 3 sub 1967 No. 40 s 10 amd 1984 No. 10 s 3 sub 1984 No. 98 s 2 amd 1991 No. 68 s 111 sch 2 sub 1992 No. 14 s 2 sch (sec.3-ssec.1) If a judge retires on reaching 70 after serving as a judge for not less than 5 years, the judge is, subject to subsection (2) , entitled to a pension at a rate equal to 6% of the judge’s salary for each completed year of service as a judge. (sec.3-ssec.2) The maximum pension to which the judge is entitled is the following percentage of the judge’s salary— if the judge retired before the enactment of the Judges’ Pensions Act Amendment Act 1984 —50%; in any other case—60%.
- (a) if the judge retired before the enactment of the Judges’ Pensions Act Amendment Act 1984 —50%;
- (b) in any other case—60%.