Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HIGH COURT JUSTICES (LONG LEAVE PAYMENTS) ACT 1979 No. 89 of 1979 - SECT 4

4. (1) On-

   (a)  the retirement of a Justice after having completed at least 10 years'
        service as a Justice; or

   (b)  the death of a Justice, whether or not he has completed 10 years'
        service as a Justice, an amount calculated in accordance with
        sub-section (2) is payable in accordance with this Act.

(2) The amount payable under sub-section (1) in respect of a Justice is an
amount equal to the judicial salary of the Justice for-

   (a)  a period of 52 weeks; or

   (b)  a period of weeks calculated at the rate of 5.2 weeks for each
        completed year of his qualifying service, whichever is the lesser
        period.

(3) In this section-

''qualifying service'', in relation to a Justice, means the period of his
service as a Justice, other than any period of such service in respect of
which the Justice has taken long leave or has been paid in lieu of such leave;

''service as a Justice'', in relation to a Justice, means the period that is
to be regarded, in relation to the Justice, as service as a Judge for the
purposes of section 6 of the Judges' Pensions Act 1968.