Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993
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The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that strengthened the mandatory retirement provisions previously instituted by the Judicial Pensions Act 1959 for members of the British judiciary.
While the 1959 Act forbade service past age 75 by any judges appointed thereafter (Lord Denning being the last exempt jurist in England, retiring in 1982. while in Scotland John Cameron, Lord Cameron retired in 1985),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the 1993 Act made the ordinary retirement age 70, and while enabling a minister (presumably the Lord Chancellor) to allow individual judges to remain in office until 75, it expressly forbids persons aged over 75 to hold any judicial post whatsoever. An exception is the post of Lord Chancellor, a political appointee (although the role is no longer judicial).
Provisions
Short title, commencement and extent
Section 31(1) of the act provided that the act may be cited as the "Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993".
Section 32(2) of the act provided that the act would come into force on a day appointed by the Secretary of State for Justice by statutory instrument. The Template:Visible anchor (SI 1995/631) provided that the act would come into force on 31 March 1995.Template:Infobox UK legislation