Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961

Provisions in relation to remuneration and pensions of judges and justices.

46.—(1) There shall be paid to the several judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Court the following remuneration—

(a) to the Chief Justice the sum of £5,335 a year,

(b) to the President of the High Court and to each of the ordinary judges of the Supreme Court the sum of £4,070 a year,

(c) to each of the ordinary judges of the High Court the sum of £3,575 a year.

(2) There shall be paid to the several judges of the Circuit Court the following remuneration—

(a) to the President of the Circuit Court the sum of £3,575 a year,

(b) to each of the ordinary judges of the Circuit Court the sum of £2,835 a year.

(3) There shall be paid to the several justices of the District Court the following remuneration—

(a) to the President of the District Court the sum of £2,500 a year,

(b) to each Principal Justice of the Dublin Metropolitan District the sum of £2,215 a year,

(c) to each other justice of the District Court who is for the time being permanently assigned to the Dublin Metropolitan District the sum of £2,070 a year,

(d) to the justice of the District Court who is for the time being permanently assigned to the district court district which comprises or includes the County Borough of Cork the sum of £2,070 a year,

(e) to each other justice of the District Court the sum of £1,925 a year.

(4) There shall be charged on and payable out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof—

(a) the remuneration payable under this Act to a judge of the Supreme Court, the High Court or the Circuit Court or a justice of the District Court, and

(b) the pension payable under this Act to a judge of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Circuit Court or a justice of the District Court, and

(c) the superannuation allowance and additional allowance payable under this Act to a justice of the District Court to whom paragraph 9 of the Second Schedule to this Act applies, and

(d) the gratuity payable under this Act in respect of a justice of the District Court to whom paragraph 9 of the Second Schedule to this Act applies.

(5) Not more than one pension shall be payable under this Act to the same person.

(6) Where a person in receipt of a pension under this Act is employed in a situation remunerated out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas or out of the Central Fund, then—

(a) such pension shall not be payable in respect of any period during which the remuneration of such person in such situation is equal to or greater than his remuneration in the judicial office in respect of which he is entitled to such pension, and

(b) so much only of such pension shall be payable in respect of any period during which the remuneration of such person in such situation is less than his remuneration in the said judicial office as with his remuneration in such situation will amount to his remuneration in the said judicial office.

(7) In the application of subsection (5) of this section to a justice of the District Court to whom paragraph 9 of the Second Schedule to this Act applies, references to a pension shall be construed as references to a superannuation allowance and to an additional allowance.

(8) In the application of subsection (6) of this section to a justice of the District Court to whom paragraph 9 of the Second Schedule to this Act applies, references to a pension shall be construed as references to a superannuation allowance.