Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Repeal ................................................................................................. 1

4............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

4AA...... Meaning of eligible child ..................................................................... 6

4AB...... Marital or couple relationship .............................................................. 6

4AC...... Spouse who survives a deceased Judge .............................................. 8

4A......... Certain absences to be included in service ........................................... 9

4B......... Consecutive appointments ................................................................... 9

5............ Service in more than one judicial office ............................................. 10

6............ Pensions of Judges ........................................................................... 10

6A......... Rate of pension--Judge's surcharge debt amount not in debit .......... 11

6B......... Rate of pension--Judge's surcharge debt account in debit ............... 12

6C......... Commuting superannuation surcharge debt ...................................... 14

7............ Pension to spouse on death of Judge ................................................ 16

8............ Pension to spouse on death of retired Judge ..................................... 16

8A......... Restoration of pension entitlement if lost due to remarriage .............. 16

8B......... Notification of decision ..................................................................... 17

9............ Pension in respect of children on death of Judge .............................. 17

10.......... Pension in respect of children on death of retired Judge ................... 18

11.......... Pension in respect of children on death of spouse ............................. 18

12.......... Pension in respect of children on death of Judge or retired Judge when spouse's pension not payable    19

12A....... Benefit payable where Judge ceases to hold office or dies on or after 1 July 2006   20

13.......... Payment of orphans' pensions .......................................................... 23

14.......... Payment of pensions ......................................................................... 24

15.......... Special provision relating to children's pensions (other than orphans' pensions)     24

15A....... Allocation of pension if a deceased Judge or retired Judge is survived by more than one spouse             25

16.......... Adjustment by reason of other pensions ........................................... 25

17.......... Pension not payable on removal of Judge ......................................... 26

17A....... Application for review ...................................................................... 26

18.......... Application of Act to and in respect of certain former Judges ........... 27

19.......... Surchargeable contributions .............................................................. 27

20.......... Trustee of Scheme for the purposes of the Superannuation Contributions Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997 .......................................................................................................... 28

21.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 29

Notes                                                                                                                                              31

Notes to the Judges' Pensions Act 1968

Note 1

The Judges' Pensions Act 1968 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 151, 1968 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 7 December 1997 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Judges' Pensions Act 1968	151, 1968	10 Dec 1968	10 Dec 1968
Parliamentary and Judicial Retiring Allowances Act 1973	47, 1973	8 June 1973	8 June 1973	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	Ss. 9(1) and 10
Judges' Pensions Act 1974	162, 1974	17 Dec 1974	Ss. 1, 2 and 5: Royal Assent Remainder: 30 Jan 1975 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 1975, No. S17)	--
Judges' Pensions Amendment Act 1979	88, 1979	31 Aug 1979	1 Oct 1979 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1979, No. S187)	S. 4
Judges' Pensions Amendment Act 1981	158, 1981	27 Oct 1981	Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent S. 3(1): 16 Sept 1975 Ss. 3(2) and 7-10: 1 July 1981 Remainder: 24 Nov 1981	--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1986	76, 1986	24 June 1986	S. 3: Royal Assent (a)	S. 9
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992	23, 1992	6 May 1992	6 May 1992	--
A.C.T. Supreme Court (Transfer) Act 1992	49, 1992	17 June 1992	1 July 1992	--
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1992	143, 1992	7 Dec 1992	S. 3: (b)	--
Commonwealth Superannuation Schemes Amendment Act 1992	185, 1992	17 Dec 1992	25 June 1993	--
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1997	34, 1997	17 Apr 1997	Schedule 10: Royal Assent (c)	--
Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Superannuation Contributions Tax) Act 1997	187, 1997	7 Dec 1997	Schedule 5: Royal Assent (d)	Sch. 5 (item 21) [see Table A]
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1999	125, 1999	13 Oct 1999	Schedule 9: Royal Assent (e)	--
Federal Magistrates (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999	194, 1999	23 Dec 1999	Schedule 18: 23 Dec 1999 (f)	--
Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002	121, 2002	2 Dec 2002	Schedules 1-4: (g) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Amendment Act 2005	38, 2005	1 Apr 2005	Schedule 1 (item 221): 16 May 2005	--
Superannuation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005	81, 2005	29 June 2005	Schedule 6: 1 July 2005	--
Defence Legislation Amendment Act 2006	159, 2006	11 Dec 2006	Schedule 1: 1 Oct 2007 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (item 256) [see Table A]
Judges' Pensions Amendment Act 2007	162, 2007	25 Sept 2007	Schedule 1 (items 8-12, 17, 19): 1 July 2007 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (items 15-19) [see Table A]
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (items 366-375): 4 July 2008	--
Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws--Superannuation) Act 2008	134, 2008	4 Dec 2008	S. 4: Royal Assent Schedule 2 (items 13-26): 1 Jan 2009	S. 4 and Sch. 2 (item 26) [see Table A]
Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009	54, 2009	25 June 2009	Schedule 5 (items 33-37): (h)	--
Military Justice (Interim Measures) Act (No. 1) 2009	91, 2009	22 Sept 2009	Schedule 1 (item 249): Royal Assent	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 5 (items 255-274) and Schedule 7 (items 81-83): 19 Apr 2011	--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (item 743) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A]

(a)     The Judges' Pensions Act 1968 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1986, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(b)     The Judges' Pensions Act 1968 was amended by section 3 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992, subsections 2(1) and (3) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

                 (3)   The amendments of the Family Law Act 1975 (other than the amendment inserting a new section 37C of that Act), and the amendments of the Judges (Long Leave Payments) Act 1979 and the Judges' Pensions Act 1968, made by this Act are taken to have commenced on 1 November 1991.

(c)     The Judges' Pensions Act 1968 was amended by Schedule 10 (item 1) only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(d)     The Judges' Pensions Act 1968 was amended by Schedule 5 only of the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Superannuation Contributions Tax) Act 1997, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(e)     The Judges' Pensions Act 1968 was amended by Schedule 9 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1999, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(f)      The Judges' Pensions Act 1968 was amended by Schedule 18 only of the Federal Magistrates (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the commencement of the Federal Magistrates Act 1999.

(g)     Subsection 2(1) (item 2) of the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
2.  Schedules 1 to 4	Immediately after the commencement of the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) Act 2001	28 December 2002

(h)     Subsection 2(1) (item 13) of the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
13.  Schedule 5, items 32 to 64	Immediately after the commencement of Part 2-4 of the Fair Work Act 2009.	1 July 2009

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 4......................................	am. Nos. 47 and 216, 1973; No. 162, 1974; No. 88, 1979; No. 158, 1981; Nos. 49, 143 and 185, 1992; No. 187, 1997; Nos. 125 and 194, 1999; No. 38, 2005; No. 159, 2006; No. 162, 2007; Nos. 73 and 134, 2008; Nos. 54 and 91, 2009; No. 5, 2011
S. 4AA.................................	ad. No. 185, 1992
	am. No. 134, 2008; No. 5, 2011
Heading to s. 4AB.............	rs. No. 134, 2008
S. 4AB.................................	ad. No. 185, 1992
	am. No. 134, 2008; Nos. 5 and 46, 2011
S. 4AC.................................	ad. No. 185, 1992
	am. No. 134, 2008; No. 5, 2011
S. 4A...................................	ad. No. 76, 1986; No. 185, 1992
S. 4B...................................	ad. No. 143, 1992
S. 5......................................	am. No. 216, 1973; No. 34, 1997; No. 73, 2008
S. 6......................................	am. No. 47, 1973; No. 162, 1974; No. 158, 1981; No. 187, 1997; No. 5, 2011
S. 6A...................................	ad. No. 187, 1997
	am. No. 5, 2011
S. 6B...................................	ad. No. 187, 1997
	am. No. 162, 2007; No. 5, 2011
S. 6C...................................	ad. No. 162, 2007
	am. No. 5, 2011
S. 7......................................	rs. No. 47, 1973; No. 158, 1981
	am. Nos. 23 and 185, 1992; No. 162, 2007; No. 5, 2011
S. 8......................................	rs. No. 47, 1973
	am. No. 158, 1981; Nos. 23 and 185, 1992
Ss. 8A, 8B...........................	ad. No. 23, 1992
	am. No. 5, 2011
S. 9......................................	rs. No. 47, 1973; No. 158, 1981; No. 185, 1992
	am. No. 162, 2007; No. 5, 2011
S. 10....................................	rs. No. 47, 1973
	am. No. 158, 1981; No. 185, 1992; No. 134, 2008
Ss. 11, 12............................	rs. No. 47, 1973
	am. No. 158, 1981; No. 185, 1992; No. 162, 2007; No. 134, 2008; No. 5, 2011
S. 12A.................................	ad. No. 81, 2005
S. 13....................................	rs. No. 158, 1981
	am. No. 73, 2008; No. 5, 2011
S. 15....................................	am. No. 47, 1973
	rs. No. 158, 1981
	am. No. 185, 1992; No. 73, 2008; No. 5, 2011
S. 15A.................................	ad. No. 185, 1992
	am. No. 5, 2011
S. 16....................................	am. Nos. 47 and 216, 1973; No. 162, 1974
S. 17A.................................	ad. No. 158, 1981
	am. Nos. 23 and 185, 1992; No. 5, 2011
S. 18....................................	rs. No. 47, 1973
	am. No. 162, 1974
S. 19....................................	ad. No. 187, 1997
	am. No. 162, 2007
S. 20....................................	ad. No. 187, 1997
	am. No. 162, 2007; No. 54, 2009; No. 5, 2011
S. 21....................................	ad. No. 187, 1997
	am. No. 121, 2002
The Schedule....................	rep. No. 47, 1973

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Superannuation Contributions Tax) Act 1997 (No. 187, 1997)

Schedule 5

21  Application

The amendments made by this Schedule do not apply in respect of a Justice or Judge of a federal court appointed before the commencement of this Schedule.

Defence Legislation Amendment Act 2006 (No. 159, 2006)

Schedule 1

256  Application of amendments

(1)       The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to a service offence committed by a person on or after the commencement day.

(2)       The amendments made by this Schedule also apply in relation to a service offence committed by a person before the commencement day if, before the commencement day, the person had not been charged with the offence under the old DFDA.

Judges' Pensions Amendment Act 2007 (No. 162, 2007)

Schedule 1

15  Application--item 1

The amendment made by item 1 of this Schedule applies to define the salary of a Judge, whether he or she retires before, on or after the commencement of that item.

16  Application--items 2 to 7

            The amendments made by items 2 to 7 of this Schedule (inclusive) apply in relation to the annual rate of pension for a Judge, whether he or she retires before, on or after the commencement of those items.

17  Application--items 8 to 12

The amendments made by items 8 to 12 of this Schedule (inclusive) apply in relation to a Judge who retires or, for the purposes of working out the rate of relevant pension, is taken to have retired, on or after the commencement of those items.

18  Application--item 14

The amendment made by item 14 of this Schedule applies in relation to amounts that become payable on or after the commencement of that item.

19  Transitional

(1)       This item applies if this Act receives the Royal Assent after 1 July 2007.

(2)       If:

                     (a)  a person is entitled to make an election within a period of 2 months falling immediately after a particular event under:

                              (i)  subsection 6C(2); or

                             (ii)  paragraph 7(2)(b); or

                            (iii)  paragraph 9(3)(b); or

                            (iv)  paragraph 11(2A)(b); or

                             (v)  paragraph 12(2A)(b);

                            of the Judges' Pensions Act 1968, as amended by items 8 to 12 of this Schedule; and

                     (b)  the event occurs on or after 1 July 2007 but before the day on which the Act receives the Royal Assent;

the person may instead make the election within the period of 2 months falling immediately after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws--Superannuation) Act 2008 (No. 134, 2008)

4  Entitlements from 1 July 2008

             (1)  If:

                     (a)  a person would have been entitled to one or more payments (the lost payments) under an Act that is amended by Schedule 1, 2, 3 or 5 to this Act if the relevant Schedule had commenced on 1 July 2008; and

                     (b)  because the Schedule did not commence until after 1 July 2008, the person is not entitled to the payment or payments; and

                     (c)  the person makes an application to the Finance Minister for one or more payments (the replacement payments) to compensate the person for the lost payments;

the Finance Minister must make a determination, in accordance with subsection (4), to fully compensate the person.

             (2)  If:

                     (a)  a person would have been entitled to one or more payments (the lost payments) under the Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991 if the first amendment of the Trust Deed under that Act that is made after the commencement of this section had commenced on 1 July 2008; and

                     (b)  because that amendment did not commence until after 1 July 2008, the person is not entitled to the payment or payments; and

                     (c)  the person makes an application to the Finance Minister for one or more payments (the replacement payments) to compensate the person for the lost payments;

the Finance Minister must make a determination, in accordance with subsection (4), to fully compensate the person.

             (3)  If:

                     (a)  a person would have been entitled to one or more payments (the lost payments) under the Superannuation Act 1990 if the first amendment of the Trust Deed under that Act that is made after the commencement of this section had commenced on 1 July 2008; and

                     (b)  because that amendment did not commence until after 1 July 2008, the person is not entitled to the payment or payments; and

                     (c)  the person makes an application to the Finance Minister for one or more payments (the replacement payments) to compensate the person for the lost payments;

the Finance Minister must make a determination, in accordance with subsection (4), to fully compensate the person.

             (4)  A determination by the Finance Minister under this subsection must:

                     (a)  be in writing; and

                     (b)  set out:

                              (i)  the amount and timing of the replacement payments; or

                             (ii)  the method of determining the amount and timing of the replacement payments.

             (5)  An application must be in writing in the form approved by the Finance Minister.

             (6)  To avoid doubt, a determination of the Finance Minister that a person is entitled to one or more replacement payments does not affect the entitlements of any other person under an Act amended by Schedule 1, 2, 3 or 5 to this Act, the Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991 or the Superannuation Act 1990.

             (7)  Replacement payments are to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.

             (8)  A determination made under this section is not a legislative instrument.

             (9)  In this section:

Finance Minister means the Minister who administers the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

Schedule 2

26  Application of amendments of the Judges' Pensions Act 1968

(1)       The amendments of the Judges' Pensions Act 1968 made by this Schedule apply in relation to any pension payable under that Act in respect of a person who dies on or after the commencement of this Schedule if, at the time of his or her death, the deceased person was a Judge or a retired Judge.

(2)       The amendments of the Judges' Pensions Act 1968 made by this Schedule apply in relation to any pension payable under the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 in respect of a person who dies on or after the commencement of this Schedule if, at the time of his or her death, the deceased person was or had been the ABC Commissioner.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.