6Pension of Solicitor General

6 Pension of Solicitor General

6 Pension of Solicitor General

(1) Subject to this section, the Judges’ Pensions Act 1953 applies to and in respect of a person who holds or held the office of Solicitor General in the same way as it applies to and in respect of a judge or a retired or deceased judge.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)—

(a) a reference in the Judges’ Pensions Act 1953 (section 2 (1) excepted) to a judge includes a reference to a person holding the office of Solicitor General,

(b) a reference in that Act to a judicial office includes a reference to the office of Solicitor General,

(c) a reference in that Act to the retirement of a judge includes a reference to the vacation of office of the Solicitor General,

(d) a reference in section 3 of that Act to a retired judge to whom that section applies includes a reference to a person who held the office of Solicitor General and who vacated office pursuant to section 2 (5) (e) of this Act, after serving as Solicitor General for not less than 5 years,

(e) a reference in section 5 of that Act to a retired judge to whom that section applies includes a reference to a person who held the office of Solicitor General and who vacated office pursuant to section 2 (5) (c) of this Act or, where that vacation from office was certified by the Health Commission of New South Wales to have been due to permanent disability or infirmity, pursuant to section 2 (5) (d) of this Act,

(f) a reference in that Act (sections 2 (1), 3 and 5 excepted) to a retired judge includes a reference to a person who held office as Solicitor General and who vacated office as referred to in paragraph (d) or (e) of this subsection or as referred to in section 4 of that Act, and

(g) section 4 of that Act applies as follows—

(i) for a person appointed Solicitor General before the increased retirement age day—section 4 (1) applies to the person if the person vacates office pursuant to section 2 (5) (d) of this Act after having reaching the age of 60 years and serving as Solicitor General for not less than 10 years as if a reference in section 4 (1) of that Act to retiring at the mandatory judicial retirement age were a reference to having vacated office under section 2 (5) (e) of this Act,