Statutory Instruments
Pensions
Made
4th March 2014
Laid before Parliament
6th March 2014
Coming into force
1st April 2014
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(1), and sections 33ZA(1), (6) and (7) of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981(2), and sections 9A(1) and 29 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993(3), and with the concurrence of the Treasury, make the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and shall come into force on 1st April 2014.
2. The Judicial Pensions (Contributions) Regulations 2012(4) are amended as follows.
3. In regulation 3 (rate of contributions), for "2.56%" substitute "3.2%".
Chris Grayling
Lord Chancellor
Ministry of Justice
28th February 2014
Alistair Carmichael
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
4th March 2014
We concur
Sam Gyimah
David Evennett
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
3rd March 2014
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
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 2.56% to 3.2% of current salary as of 1st April 2014.
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.
1981 c.20; amended by the Pensions Act 2011 (c.19), Schedule 5, paragraph 2.
1993 c.8; amended by the Pensions Act 2011 (c.19), section 34(1).