LegalizeThe Judicial Pensions (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Made: 27th February 2013
Laid before Parliament: 7th March 2013
Coming into force: 1st April 2013
The Lord Chancellor, and in relation to any judicial office whose jurisdiction is exercised exclusively in Scotland, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8A(1), (6) and (7) of the District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960[^f00001], and sections 33ZA(1), (6) and (7) of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981[^f00002], and sections 9A(1) and 29 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993[^f00003], and with the concurrence of the Treasury, make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and shall come into force on 1st April 2013.
Amendment of the Judicial Pensions (Contributions) Regulations 2012
2
The Judicial Pensions (Contributions) Regulations 2012[^f00004] are amended as follows.
3
In regulation 3 (rate of contributions), for “1.28%” substitute “2.56%”.
Signed
C Grayling — Lord Chancellor — Ministry of Justice — 27th February 2013
Michael Moore — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 27th February 2013
We concur
Desmond Swayne — David Evennett — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 28th February 2013
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations change the rate at which contributions are to be paid by members of judicial pension schemes established in accordance with the District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960, the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 and the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993. The rate is increased from 1.28% to 2.56% of current salary as of 1st April 2013.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1960 c.2 (N.I.); amended by the Pensions Act 2011 (c.19), Schedule 5, paragraph 1; citation of the District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 is amended by S.R. (NI) 2008/154.
[^f00002]: 1981 c.20; amended by the Pensions Act 2011 (c.19), Schedule 5, paragraph 2.
[^f00003]: 1993 c.8; amended by the Pensions Act 2011 (c.19), section 34(1).
[^f00004]: S.I. 2012/516.
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