Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to make further provision with respect to the pensions and other benefits payable in respect of service in certain judicial, and related, offices and in certain senior public investigative offices; to amend the law relating to the date on which the holders of certain judicial, and related, offices are required to vacate those offices; and for purposes connected therewith. |
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| Citation | 1993 c. 8 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 29 March 1993 |
| Commencement | 31 March 1995[c] |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | Judicial Pensions Act 1959 |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that strengthened the mandatory retirement provisions previously instituted by the Judicial Pensions Act 1959 for members of the British judiciary.
While the 1959 Act forbade service past age 75 by any judges appointed thereafter (Lord Denning being the last exempt jurist in England, retiring in 1982. while in Scotland John Cameron, Lord Cameron retired in 1985),[1] the 1993 Act made the ordinary retirement age 70, and while enabling a minister (presumably the Lord Chancellor) to allow individual judges to remain in office until 75, it expressly forbids persons aged over 75 to hold any judicial post whatsoever. An exception is the post of Lord Chancellor, a political appointee (although the role is no longer judicial).
Provisions
Short title, commencement and extent
Section 31(1) of the act provided that the act may be cited as the "Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993".
Section 32(2) of the act provided that the act would come into force on a day appointed by the Secretary of State for Justice by statutory instrument. The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1995 (SI 1995/631) provided that the act would come into force on 31 March 1995.
| Statutory Instrument | |
| Citation | SI 1995/631 |
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| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Made | 7 March 1995 |
| Commencement | 31 March 1995 |
| Other legislation | |
| Made under | Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 |
Status: Current legislation | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Notes
- ^ Section 31(1).
- ^ Section 31.
- ^ Section 31(2). The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1995.
References
- ^ "Obituary : Lord Cameron". The Independent. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
External links
- Text of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.