Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1991

Reckoning of days in addition to completed years for purposes of pensions.

3.—(1) Where a judge or justice has, upon vacation of his office on or after the coming into operation of this section, completed five years of service or more but, in the case of a judge, less than 15 years of service or, in the case of a justice, less than 20 years of service, and his service comprises a day or days in addition to a number of completed years, the pension payable to such judge or justice, as the case may be, pursuant to the Second Schedule to the Principal Act shall be increased—

(a) in the case of a judge, by an amount which bears the same proportion to one-twentieth of his remuneration as the day or number of days aforesaid bears to one year, and

(b) in the case of a justice, other than a justice referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection, by an amount which bears the same proportion to one-thirtieth of his remuneration as the day or number of days aforesaid bears to one year, and

(c) in the case of a justice to whom paragraph 10 of the Second Schedule to the Principal Act applies, by an amount which bears the same proportion to one-fortieth of his remuneration as the day or number of days aforesaid bears to one year.

(2) Where a person who holds the office of Master of the High Court, Taxing Master or county registrar has, upon ceasing to hold office on or after the coming into operation of this section, completed five or more years of service in one or more of the said offices (but less than 20 years of such service) and his service comprises a day or days in addition to a number of completed years, the pension payable to such person pursuant to section 57 of the Principal Act shall be increased by an amount which bears the same proportion to one-thirtieth of his remuneration as the day or number of days aforesaid bears to one year.