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RESIDENT MAGISTRATES' PENSIONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 18

Persons receiving other superannuation benefits.

18.(1) Where a person (other than a person referred to in paragraph (b) of
sub-section (6) of section two) appointed as a resident magistrate has
received or become eligible for any superannuation benefits under the
Superannuation Acts, he may be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as a
person to whom paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) of section two applies if, at
the time of his appointment as a resident magistrate or within three months
thereof

(a)he pays to the Ministry of Finance

(i)an amount equal to the lump sum or gratuity, if any, granted to him under
the Superannuation Acts; and

(ii)an amount equal to the sums, if any, paid to him under those Acts in
respect of his pension for the period after the time of his appointment as a
resident magistrate; and

(b)he releases, in such manner as the Ministry of Finance may approve, any
superannuation benefits payable to or in respect of him under those Acts.

(2) Where at the time of his retirement from the office of
resident magistrate, a resident magistrate is receiving any superannuation
allowances under the Superannuation Acts or the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to
1950, and the aggregate of

(a)the annual amounts of those allowances; and

(b)the annual amount of the pension for which, but for this sub-section, he
would be eligible under this Act;

(i)one-half of his retiring salary as a resident magistrate; or

(ii)one-half of his retiring salary in the employment by virtue of which he
became eligible for an allowance under the Superannuation Acts; or

<(iii)one-half of his retiring salary in the employment by virtue of which he became eligible for an allowance under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1950;


(3) Where a resident magistrate has received any lump sum

(a)under the Superannuation Acts; or

(b)under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1950;

(i)twice the annual amount of the pension for which he would have been
eligible if, at the time of his death, he had retired on the ground of
permanent infirmity; or

(ii)the amount, if any, by which his last annual salary exceeds the lump sum
received by him under the Superannuation Acts or the Superannuation Acts, 1834
to 1950;

(4) In this section "retiring salary" in relation to any employment to which
the Superannuation Acts or the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1950, apply, means
the amount of the average salary payable to a person during the three years
immediately preceding the date of his retirement from that employment.

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