Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) (Amendment) Order 2018 and comes into force on 23rd March 2018.

Amendments to the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) Order 2015

2.-(1) The Schedule (specified judicial offices) to the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) Order 2015(2) is amended as follows.

(2) After the entry for "Legal member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales", insert "Legally Qualified Member of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland appointed under paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943(3)".

(3) After the entry for "President or Chairman of the Transport Tribunal", insert "President or Deputy President of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland appointed under paragraph 2B(1)(4) of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/580) ("the 2015 Order").

The 2015 Order specifies those judicial offices which comprise "the judiciary" for the purposes of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 25). A person holding a judicial office specified in the Schedule to the 2015 Order is eligible to be included in a judicial pension scheme made under that Act.

This Order adds the offices of Legally Qualified Member, President and Deputy President of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland appointed under paragraphs 2 and 2B(1) of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (c. 39), to the list of specified judicial offices in the 2015 Order.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.