Judges' Salaries and Pensions Amendment Act 2007 (WA)

Western Australia

Judges’ Salaries and Pensions Amendment

Act 2007

Western Australia

Judges’ Salaries and Pensions Amendment

Act 2007

CONTENTS

1.	Short title	2
2.	Commencement	2
3.	The Act amended	2
4.	Section 6 amended	2

Western Australia

Judges’ Salaries and Pensions Amendment

Act 2007

No. 33 of 2007

An Act to amend the Judges’ Salaries and Pensions Act 1950.

[Assented to 21 December 2007]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Judges’ Salaries and Pensions Amendment Act 2007

s. 1

1.             Short title

This is the Judges’ Salaries and Pensions Amendment Act 2007.

2.             Commencement

This Act comes into operation as follows:

(a) sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act

receives the Royal Assent;

(b) the rest of the Act — on the day after that day.

3.             The Act amended

The amendments in this Act are to the Judges’ Salaries and

Pensions Act 1950*.

[* Reprint 5 as 19 September 2003.

For subsequent amendments see Western Australian

Legislation Information Tables for 2006, Table 1, and

Act No. 77 of 2006.]

4.             Section 6 amended

(1) After section 6(2aa) the following subsection is inserted —

“

(2ab)

Where a Judge retires on attaining the age of 70 years

having served as a Judge for less than 10 years, the

Judge is entitled to a pension at a rate equal to the

percentage (“P%”) of the current judicial salary

calculated using the formula —

D 1

P %  60 % 

D 2

where —

D1

is the length of service as a Judge, expressed in

days;

D2

is the number of days in the period of 10 years

ending on the day on which the Judge retires.

”.

Judges’ Salaries and Pensions Amendment Act 2007

s. 4

(2)

Section 6(2b) is amended by deleting “or (2aa)” and inserting

instead —

“ , (2aa) or (2ab) ”.