Part 4: General Schedule 1: Retirement date for holders of judicial offices etc Part 2: Transitional provision
Part 2 of Schedule 1 deals with transitional matters relating to the increase in the mandatory retirement age from 70 to 75.
	Paragraph 43 sets out that the changes made in Parts 1 and 2 of this Schedule will apply to individuals appointed to the specified judicial offices both before and after these amendments come into force.
	Paragraph 44 makes provision to allow magistrates whose names were entered in the supplemental list before the change in their MRA under paragraph 32 of this Schedule came into force and who are between 70 and 75 on commencement to apply to be reinstated for a temporary period to support business need. Paragraph 44(7) clarifies that this application process will apply to all magistrates aged between 70 and 75 at the date of commencement, regardless of the reason their names were originally entered in the supplemental list. Paragraph 44(5) makes provision to enable this temporary period to be extended where there is business need, and such extensions may occur more than once under paragraph 44(6). Paragraph 44(8) specifies that, once the temporary period specified in the reinstatement is over, the magistrate’s name will be re-entered in the supplemental list.
	Paragraph 45 makes provision to allow the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission to reappoint lay magistrates in Northern Ireland who ceased to hold office before the change in their mandatory retirement age under paragraph 25(4) came into force and who are younger than 75. Paragraph 45(2)(b) permits the Northern Ireland Department of Justice to make an order regarding eligibility for reappointment in the same way as is currently provided for initial appointments under section 4(7) of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.