The Election Against Benefits Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
These Regulations modify the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959, the Resident Magistrates' Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 and the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (“the judicial pensions provisions”) consequential upon the provisions of section 156 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993. The modified provisions clarify that social security commissioners, county court judges and resident magistrates may elect not to acquire pension rights under the judicial pensions provisions, whether or not they join any other pension scheme and without the need to notify the Lord Chancellor of the identity of any pension scheme which they join.