Judges’ Pensions Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1)¹

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Judges’ Pensions Act 1968.

Dated 26 September 2007

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

PHILIP RUDDOCK

1              Name of Regulations

                These Regulations are the Judges’ Pensions Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1).

2              Commencement

                These Regulations are taken to have commenced on 1 July 2007.

3              Amendment of Judges’ Pensions Regulations 1998

                Schedule 1 amends the Judges’ Pensions Regulations 1998.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]           After Part 1

insert

Part 1A               Age factor

3A           Age factor

         (1)   For subsection 6C (4) of the Act, the age factor is worked out using the following formula:

                where:

a_y is the factor mentioned in Schedule 1A that applies to the Judge’s gender and age on retirement.

a_y+1 is the factor mentioned in Schedule 1A that applies to the Judge’s gender and age, as if the Judge were 1 year older on retirement.

d is the number of days starting at the start of the day after the Judge’s last birthday and ending at the end of the day he or she retires.

Note   d is equal to zero if the Judge retires on his or her birthday.

         (2)   In this regulation:

age is taken to be the Judge’s age at his or her last birthday before or on retirement.

[2]           Before Schedule 1

insert

Schedule 1A      Age factor

(regulation 3A)

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