Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1999

What is this act about?

This law provides for specific pension arrangements for three individuals who previously held judicial or court officer positions, ensuring they receive a pension and outlining provisions for their spouses' and children's pensions upon their death.

Who it applies to: One former ordinary judge of the Supreme Court who vacated office on April 17, 1999; One former ordinary judge of the High Court who vacated office on April 20, 1999.

At a glance

Country: Ireland
Area of law: Social security
Articles: 4
Source: irishstatutebook.ie
Text retrieved: 2026-06-17
Explanation updated: 2026-07-07

What does this act regulate?

The payment of pensions to a former Supreme Court judge, a former High Court judge, and a former county registrar.
The adjustment of these pensions when the salaries of current equivalent office holders increase.
Arrangements for spouses' and children's pensions for these specified individuals.
The application of certain existing provisions regarding pension abatement to these individuals.

Who does this act apply to?

One former ordinary judge of the Supreme Court who vacated office on April 17, 1999.
One former ordinary judge of the High Court who vacated office on April 20, 1999.
One former county registrar who vacated office on April 20, 1999.

What are the key points?

The former Supreme Court judge is entitled to a pension of £40,000 per year, commencing April 18, 1999.
The former High Court judge is entitled to a pension of £30,000 per year, commencing April 21, 1999.
The former county registrar is entitled to a pension of £15,000 per year, commencing April 21, 1999.
These pensions will be adjusted by the same percentage as any salary increase for current equivalent office holders.

Social security

Old Age Pension Act, 1924

Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1923

Social Welfare Act, 1974

Sea Fisheries Act, 1931

British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act, 2002

Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1947

Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Act, 1936

Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act, 1961

Social security

Legal text

Contents (4)

Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4

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Section 1

Provisions relating to pensions in specified cases.

Section 2

Application of provisions relating to abatement of pensions.

Section 3

Charge of certain payments on Central Fund and payments and expenses generally.

Section 4

Short title, construction and collective citation.

Acts Referred to Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1998 Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act, 1961 1961, No. 16 Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 1961, No. 39 Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1997 Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1991 1991, No. 23 Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Act, 1998 1998, No. 52 Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998 1998, No. 5 Number 25 of 1999 COURTS (SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999 AN ACT TO PROVIDE PENSIONS FOR PERSONS WHO VACATED OFFICE, EACH IN A SPECIFIED CASE, AS AN ORDINARY JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT, AS AN ORDINARY JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT AND AS A COUNTY REGISTRAR AND TO PROVIDE FOR ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING SPOUSE'S AND CHILDREN'S PENSIONS IN RESPECT OF EACH SUCH PERSON UPON HIS DEATH. [13th July, 1999] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Provisions relating to pensions in specified cases.

1.—(1) Notwithstanding any provision contained in— (a) the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1997, or, in so far as it amends or extends those Acts, the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998 , or (b) the Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1998, but subject to the provisions referred to in section 2 of this Act, the payment of pensions in respect of each of the persons specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (2) of this section (in this section referred to as “the specified persons”) shall be governed solely by the provisions in this section.

(2)(a) Commencing on the 18th day of April, 1999, a person who was appointed as an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court on the 26th day of March, 1990, and who vacated his office on the 17th day of April, 1999, shall be entitled, for the duration of his life, to a pension which, when duly paid over a full year and before lawful deductions are made, would equate to £40,000. (b) Commencing on the 21st day of April, 1999, a person who was appointed as an ordinary judge of the High Court on the 30th day of November, 1998, and who vacated his office on the 20th day of April, 1999, shall be entitled, for the duration of his life, to a pension which, when duly paid over a full year and before lawful deductions are made, would equate to £30,000. (c) Commencing on the 21st day of April, 1999, a person who was appointed as a county registrar on the 24th day of June, 1991, and who vacated his office on the 20th day of April, 1999, shall be entitled, for the duration of his life, to a pension which, when duly paid over a full year and before lawful deductions are made, would equate to £15,000.

(3)Where the salary of an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court, an ordinary judge of the High Court or an equivalent county registrar is increased, the pensions specified in subsection (2) of this section or as last adjusted by virtue of this subsection shall fall to be adjusted, with effect from the same date, by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in salary granted.

(4)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, sections 2(2) and 4(2) (as amended by the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998 ) of the Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act, 1961 , shall not apply to the specified persons, as appropriate.

(5)The regulations to be made under section 4 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1991 (which relates to the provision of spouses' and children's pensions), shall apply to the spouses and children of the specified persons as they shall apply to the spouses and children of an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court, an ordinary judge of the High Court or an equivalent county registrar, as the case may be, except that the pensions specified in subsection (2) of this section (as may from time to time be adjusted by virtue of subsection (3) of this section) shall provide the basis for calculating the pension that is to be paid to the spouses or children of the specified persons.

(6)Pending the making of the regulations referred to in subsection (5) of this section, any administrative arrangement for the payment of pensions to spouses and children of the judiciary or court officers to which the specified persons are party shall continue to have effect, subject to the qualification set out in that subsection.

(7)In this section “equivalent county registrar” means the office of county registrar which is equivalent to the office vacated under subsection (2)(c) of this section.

Application of provisions relating to abatement of pensions.

2.—Sections 46(6) and 57(2) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 , shall apply to the specified persons, as appropriate, with any necessary modifications.

Charge of certain payments on Central Fund and payments and expenses generally.

3.—(1) There shall be charged on and payable out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof the pension payable under this Act to a former ordinary judge of the Supreme Court or a former ordinary judge of the High Court and any pension granted to the spouse or any child of such a former judge.

(2)Any payments (other than payments to which subsection (1) of this section applies) made and expenses incurred in giving effect to this Act and in the administration thereof shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

Short title, construction and collective citation.

4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1999.

(2)The Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1997, and, in so far as they amend or extend those Acts, this Act and the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998 , and sections 7 to 10 , 13 , 14 and 16 of the Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Act, 1998 , shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1999.

(3)The Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1998, and, in so far as it amends or extends those Acts, this Act, shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1999.

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