Citation and Commencement

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.

Interpretation

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 Offices

3.  A person who holds one of the offices specified in the Schedule is a member of the judiciary for the purposes of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013.

Article 3

SCHEDULESpecified Judicial Offices

• Admiralty Registrar

• Assistant Judge Advocate General

• Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal

• Chairman of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

• Chairman of the National Security Certificate Tribunal (Northern Ireland)

• Chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales

• Chairman of the Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunal

• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court

• Chamber President of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal

• Chamber President or 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

• Deputy Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal

• Deputy Chairman of the National Security Certificate 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)

• 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

• Legal member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales

• 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

• Other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis

• Other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis

• President or Chairman of the Transport Tribunal

• 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

• President of the Valuation Tribunal for England

• Queen's Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals

• Recorder

• Recorder of London

• Registrar or Deputy Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court

• Registrar of Civil Appeals

• 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)

• 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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This instrument specifies those judicial offices which comprise the judiciary for the purposes of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013. A person holding a judicial office specified in this instrument is eligible to be included in a judicial pension scheme made under that Act

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the costs of business or the voluntary sector is foreseen.