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The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) Order 2008
Made
30th January 2008
Laid before Parliament
30th January 2008
Coming into force
25th February 2008
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(8), 29(3) and 30(1) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993(1):
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) Order 2008 and comes into force on 25th February 2008.
Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993
2. In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (the offices which may be qualifying judicial offices)–
(1) in the entry relating to a chairman of a Mental Health Review Tribunal, after "Tribunal" insert "for England";
(2) after the entry relating to a chairman of a Mental Health Review Tribunal insert–
"Chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales
President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales".
Jack Straw
Lord Chancellor
30th January 2008
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 by adding to the list of qualifying judicial offices in Schedule 1.
The office of Chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales and the office of President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales both become a qualifying office for the purposes of the 1993 Act.
Consequential amendments are made to the entry referring to Chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.