144Pension entitlements

144 Pension entitlements Nothing in the **Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008** affects the pension entitlements of a Master who resigned, retired or died before the commencement of section 29 of that Act or the spouse or partner or eligible child of such a Master and— (a) subject to paragraph (b), those entitlements continue in existence as if the amendments made by that Act had not been made; (b) a reference in section 104A to the annual salary for the time being applicable or payable in respect of an office held immediately before retirement or at the date of death, resignation or retirement is, in relation to a Master who resigned, retired or died before the commencement of section 29 of the **Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008** or the spouse or partner or eligible child of such a Master, a reference to the annual salary for the time being payable under section 83A(1) of the **Constitution Act 1975** in respect of the office of Associate Judge equivalent to the office of that Master or, in the case of a former Master who held office as a Specialist Supreme Court Master referred to in the **Judicial Salaries Act 2004**, the annual salary for the time being applicable to the office of Specialist Supreme Court Master under that Act, as the case requires. S. 145 inserted by No. 78/2008 s. 9.