Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

JUDGES' PENSIONS REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 5

  (1)   For Parts VIIIB and VIIIC of the Family Law Act 1975 , and regulations made under that Act, the following accrued benefit multiples are prescribed in relation to the entitlement of a Judge to a pension under the Judges' Pensions Act 1968 :

  (a)   at separation--the number equal to the time, in days, of qualifying service as a Judge served when separation occurs;

  (b)   at payment:

  (i)   for a Judge to whom subsection   6(2) of the Act does not apply--the number equal to the time, in days, of service as a Judge served at the time when the Judge becomes, in regard to his or her service, entitled to a pension under the Act; and

  (ii)   for a Judge to whom subsection   6(2) of the Act applies--the number equal to the minimum time, in days, of service that the Judge would have had to serve in order to become, in regard to his or her service, entitled to a pension under the Act if that subsection did not apply.

  (2)   In this regulation:

"qualifying service as a Judge" means service counting towards qualifying the Judge for entitlement to pension under the Act.

Note:   For application of the multiplier, see, in particular, regulations 19 and 26 of the Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001 .