Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 580
Public Service Pensions
The Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) Order 2015
Made
5th March 2015
Laid before Parliament
10th March 2015
Coming into force
1st April 2015
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State make this Order in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Public Service Pensions Act 2013(1).
Citation and CommencementI1
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015.
InterpretationI2
2. For the purposes of this Order, an office is “held on a salaried basis” if service in that office is remunerated by payment of a salary.
Judicial OfficesI3
3. A person who holds one of the offices specified in [F1Schedule 1 or Schedule 2F1] is a member of the judiciary for the purposes of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013.
Chris Grayling
Lord Chancellor
Ministry of Justice
5th March 2015
Alistair Carmichael
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
4th March 2015
Article 3
[F2SCHEDULE 1F2] Specified Judicial Offices I4
Admiralty Registrar
[F3 Appointed Person for design right appealsF3]
[F4 Appointed Person for trademark appealsF4]
Assistant Judge Advocate General
[F5 Chair of the Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021F5]
[F5 Chair of the Health Service Products (Pricing, Cost Control and Information) Appeals Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021F5]
[F6 Chair of the Police Appeals TribunalF6]
[F6 Chair of the Plant Varieties and Seeds TribunalF6]
[F5 Chair of the Reinstatement Committee holding office on or after 1st April 2021F5]
Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal
Chairman of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
[F7 Member (Chair Only) First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) Criminal Injuries CompensationF7]
Chairman of the National Security Certificate [F8AppealsF8] Tribunal (Northern Ireland)
F9 ...
Chairman of the Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunal
F9 ...
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court
Chamber President of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal
F10 Chamber President ... of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal
Chancellor of the High Court
Chief or other Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland
Chief or other Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland
Circuit Judge
Common Serjeant
Coroner (Northern Ireland)
Coroner for Treasure
County Court Judge (Northern Ireland)
Deputy Admiralty Registrar
[F11 Deputy Chair of the Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021F11]
Deputy Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal
Deputy Chairman of the National Security Certificate [F8AppealsF8] Tribunal (Northern Ireland)
Deputy Chamber President of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal
Deputy Chamber President of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal
Deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland
Deputy Chief Coroner appointed by the Lord Chancellor who is not also a Senior Coroner
Deputy Circuit Judge (Sitting in retirement)
Deputy Coroner (Northern Ireland)
Deputy County Court Judge (Northern Ireland)
Deputy District Judge
Deputy District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division
Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (England and Wales)
Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (Northern Ireland)
Deputy High Court Judge (England and Wales)
Deputy High Court Judge (Northern Ireland)
Deputy Judge Advocate
Deputy Master, Chancery Division
Deputy Master, Queen’s Bench Division
Deputy President of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal
Deputy Registrar of Civil Appeals
Deputy Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland
Deputy Taxing Master of the Senior Courts
Deputy or Temporary Additional Statutory Officer within the meaning of section 74 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978(2)
District Judge
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (England and Wales)
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (Northern Ireland)
District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division
Employment Judge
High Court Judge (England and Wales)
High Court Judge (Northern Ireland)
High Court Judge (England and Wales) (Sitting in retirement)
High Court Judge (Northern Ireland) (Sitting in retirement)
[F12 Insolvency and Companies Court Judge or Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court JudgeF12]
Judge Advocate General
Judge of the Court of Session
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal
Judge of the Upper Tribunal
Judge of the Supreme Court
[F13 Legal member of the Adjudication Panel for Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021F13]
Legal member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales
[F14 Legal member of the Rent Assessment Committee Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021F14]
[F14 Legal member of the Welsh Language Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021F14]
[F15 Legally Qualified Member of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland appointed under paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943F15]
Lord Chief Justice of England
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
Lord Justice of Appeal (England and Wales)
Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
Lord Justice of Appeal (England and Wales) (Sitting in retirement)
Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland) (Sitting in retirement)
Lord Justice Clerk
Lord President of the Court of Session
Master, Chancery Division
Master, Queen’s Bench Division
Master of the Rolls
[F16 Member of a panel constituted under Article 7(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 who is appointed to serve as a member of that panel and is a barrister or solicitorF16]
[F16 Member of a panel of chairmen appointed under Article 82 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998F16]
[F16 Member of a panel of chairmen appointed under regulation 4(1)(a) of the Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005F16]
[F17 Other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Property Chamber (Residential Property) holding office on or after 1st April 2021F17]
Other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis
[F18 Other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Lands Chamber and is a Member or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors holding office on or after 1st April 2021F18]
[F19 Part-time Sheriff (Scotland)F19]
[F19 Part-time Stipendiary Magistrate (Scotland)F19]
[F19 Part-time Summary Sheriff (Scotland)F19]
[F19 President of appeals tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998) appointed under Article 6 of that OrderF19]
Other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis
[F20 President of the Adjudication Panel for Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021F20]
[F21 President or member of the legal chair panel of the Education Tribunal for WalesF21]
President or Chairman of the Transport Tribunal
[F22 President or Deputy President of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland appointed under paragraph 2B(1) of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943F22]
President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal
President of the Competition Commission Appeal Tribunals
President of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal
President of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales)
President of the Employment Tribunals (Scotland)
President of the Family Division
President or other member of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland
President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales
President of the Queen’s Bench Division
[F23 President of the Rent Assessment Committees Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021F23]
President of the Valuation Tribunal for England
[F24 President of the Welsh Language Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021F24]
[F24 President of the Welsh Tribunals holding office on or after 1st April 2021F24]
[F25 President or other member of the Lands Tribunal where that office is held on a salaried basisF25]
[F25 President or Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal appointed under Article 82 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998F25]
Queen’s Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals
Recorder
Recorder of London
F26 ...
Registrar of Civil Appeals
[F27 Senior Chair of the Health Service Products (Pricing, Cost Control and Information) Appeals Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021F27]
Senior President of Tribunals
Sheriff (Scotland)
Sheriff Principal (Scotland)
Statutory Officer within the meaning of section 70(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978(3)
Stipendiary Magistrate (England and Wales)
Stipendiary Magistrate (Scotland)
Summary Sheriff (Scotland)
Taxing Master of the Senior Courts
Temporary Assistant Judge Advocate General
Temporary High Court Judge (Northern Ireland)
[F28 Temporary Judge (Scotland)F28]
Transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal
Transferred-in judge of the Upper Tribunal
Transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis
Transferred-in other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis
Transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Property Chamber (Residential Property)
Transferred-in other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Lands Chamber and is a Member or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Vice Judge Advocate General
[F29SCHEDULE 2
Admiralty Registrar (sitting in retirement)
Appointed Person for design right appeals (sitting in retirement)
Appointed Person for trademark appeals (sitting in retirement)
Assistant Judge Advocate General (sitting in retirement)
Chair of the Health Service Products (Pricing, Cost Control and Information) Appeals Tribunal (sitting in retirement)
Chair of the Reinstatement Committee (sitting in retirement)
Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (sitting in retirement)
Chairman of the National Security Certificate Appeals Tribunal (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
Chairman of the Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunal (sitting in retirement)
Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement)
Circuit Judge (sitting in retirement)
Coroner (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
County Court Judge (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
Deputy Admiralty Registrar (sitting in retirement)
Deputy Chair of the Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales (sitting in retirement)
Deputy Chairman of the National Security Certificate Appeals Tribunal (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
Deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement)
Deputy Coroner (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
Deputy County Court Judge (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
Deputy District Judge (sitting in retirement)
Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (England and Wales) (sitting in retirement)
Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
Deputy District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division (sitting in retirement)
Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge (sitting in retirement)
Deputy Master, Chancery Division (sitting in retirement)
Deputy Master, Queen’s Bench Division (sitting in retirement)
Deputy Registrar of Civil Appeals (sitting in retirement)
Deputy Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement)
Deputy Taxing Master of the Senior Courts (sitting in retirement)
Deputy Statutory Officer within the meaning of section 74 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (sitting in retirement)
District Judge (sitting in retirement)
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (England and Wales) (sitting in retirement)
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division (sitting in retirement)
Employment Judge (sitting in retirement)
High Court Judge (England and Wales) (sitting in retirement)
High Court Judge (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
Insolvency and Companies Court Judge (sitting in retirement)
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (sitting in retirement)
Judge of the Upper Tribunal (sitting in retirement)
Legal member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (sitting in retirement)
Legally Qualified Member of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement)
Legal member of the Rent Assessment Committee Wales (sitting in retirement)
Legal member of the Welsh Language Tribunal (sitting in retirement)
Lord Justice of Appeal (England and Wales) (sitting in retirement)
Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
Master, Chancery Division (sitting in retirement)
Master, Queen’s Bench Division (sitting in retirement)
Member of a panel constituted under Article 7(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (sitting in retirement) who is appointed to serve as a member of that panel and is a barrister or solicitor
Member of a panel of employment judges appointed in accordance with regulation 7(1)(a) of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (sitting in retirement)
Member of the Adjudication Panel for Wales (sitting in retirement) who is legally qualified
Member of the Lands Tribunal of Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement)
Member of the legal chair panel of the Education Tribunal for Wales (sitting in retirement)
Other member of the First-tier Tribunal (sitting in retirement), where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Property Chamber (Residential Property)
Other member of the Upper Tribunal (sitting in retirement), where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Lands Chamber and is a Member or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Recorder (sitting in retirement)
Registrar of Civil Appeals (sitting in retirement)
Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement)
Statutory Officer within the meaning of section 70(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (sitting in retirement)
Taxing Master of the Senior Courts (sitting in retirement)F29]
1978 (c. 23); section 74(1) was substituted by the Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), section 2(3) and Schedule 4, paragraph 16(1) and (2) and the Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 3), section 1(5) and Schedule, paragraph 5(3). There are other amending Acts but none is relevant.
Section 70 was substituted by S.I. 1981/1670 and the Northern Ireland Act 2009, section 2(3), Schedule 4, paragraph 15(1) and (2). There are other amending Act but none is relevant.