Statutory Instruments
PENSIONS
Made
14th October 1998
Laid before Parliament
14th October 1998
Coming into force
2nd November 1998
The Lord Chancellor, and in relation to judicial offices whose jurisdiction is exercised exclusively in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 12 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993(1) and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby make the following Regulations-
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Transfer Between Judicial Pension Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd November 1998.
2. For regulation 6(1)(d) of the Judicial Pensions (Transfer Between Judicial Pension Schemes) Regulations 1995(2) substitute-
"(d)D is the salary of the office that the member held while a member of the immediately following former scheme or the last existing scheme, as appropriate, at the date of transfer into that scheme."
Lord Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 1st October 1998
Donald C. Dewar
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Dated 8th October 1998
We concur
Jim Dowd
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
Dated 14th October 1998
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Judicial Pensions (Transfer Between Judicial Pension Schemes) Regulations 1995. They correct an error in the formula used to adjust the service credit granted in relation to a former scheme on transfer into the scheme constituted by the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993.
1993 c. 8; by virtue of section 12(4), the power to make these Regulations is vested in "the appropriate Minister" which expression is defined in section 30(1) as (a) in relation to any judicial office whose jurisdiction is exercised exclusively in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State or (b), subject to (a), the Lord Chancellor.
S.I. 1995/636.