
1 
This Order may be cited as the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (Judicial Offices) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015.
2 
For the purposes of this Order, an office is “held on a salaried basis” if service in that office is remunerated by payment of a salary.
3 
A person who holds one of the offices specified in  Schedule 1 or Schedule 2  is a member of the judiciary for the purposes of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013.
Chris Grayling
Lord Chancellor
Ministry of Justice
5th March 2015
Alistair Carmichael
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

4th March 2015
SCHEDULE 1
Article 3


 Admiralty Registrar
 Appointed Person for design right appeals
 Appointed Person for trademark appeals
 Assistant Judge Advocate General
 Chair of the Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 Chair of the Health Service Products (Pricing, Cost Control and Information) Appeals Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 Chair of the Police Appeals Tribunal
 Chair of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal
 Chair of the Reinstatement Committee holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal
 Chairman of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
 Member (Chair Only) First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) Criminal Injuries Compensation
 Chairman of the National Security Certificate Appeals  Tribunal (Northern Ireland)
 ...
 Chairman of the Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunal
 ... 
 Chairman of the Scottish Land Court
 Chamber President of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal
 Chamber President ... of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal
 Chancellor of the High Court
 Chief or other Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland
 Chief or other Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland
 Circuit Judge
 Common Serjeant
 Coroner (Northern Ireland)
 Coroner for Treasure
 County Court Judge (Northern Ireland)
 Deputy Admiralty Registrar
 Deputy Chair of the Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 Deputy Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal
 Deputy Chairman of the National Security Certificate  Appeals Tribunal (Northern Ireland)
 Deputy Chamber President of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal
 Deputy Chamber President of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal
 Deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland
 Deputy Chief Coroner appointed by the Lord Chancellor who is not also a Senior Coroner
 Deputy Circuit Judge (Sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Coroner (Northern Ireland)
 Deputy County Court Judge (Northern Ireland)
 Deputy District Judge
 Deputy District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division
 Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (England and Wales)
 Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (Northern Ireland)
 Deputy High Court Judge (England and Wales)
 Deputy High Court Judge (Northern Ireland)
 Deputy Judge Advocate
 Deputy Master, Chancery Division
 Deputy Master, Queen’s Bench Division
 Deputy President of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal
 Deputy Registrar of Civil Appeals
 Deputy Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland
 Deputy Taxing Master of the Senior Courts
 Deputy or Temporary Additional Statutory Officer within the meaning of section 74 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978
 District Judge
 District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (England and Wales)
 District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (Northern Ireland)
 District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division
 Employment Judge
 High Court Judge (England and Wales)
 High Court Judge (Northern Ireland)
 High Court Judge (England and Wales) (Sitting in retirement)
 High Court Judge (Northern Ireland) (Sitting in retirement)
 Insolvency and Companies Court Judge or Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge
 Judge Advocate General
 Judge of the Court of Session
 Judge of the First-tier Tribunal
 Judge of the Upper Tribunal
 Judge of the Supreme Court
 Legal member of the Adjudication Panel for Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 Legal member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales
 Legal member of the Rent Assessment Committee Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 Legal member of the Welsh Language Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 Legally Qualified Member of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland appointed under paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943
 Lord Chief Justice of England
 Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
 Lord Justice of Appeal (England and Wales)
 Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
 Lord Justice of Appeal (England and Wales) (Sitting in retirement)
 Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland) (Sitting in retirement)
 Lord Justice Clerk
 Lord President of the Court of Session
 Master, Chancery Division
 Master, Queen’s Bench Division
 Master of the Rolls
 Member of a panel constituted under Article 7(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 who is appointed to serve as a member of that panel and is a barrister or solicitor
 Member of a panel of chairmen appointed under Article 82 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
 Member of a panel of chairmen appointed under regulation 4(1)(a) of the Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
 Other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Property Chamber (Residential Property) holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 Other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis
 Other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Lands Chamber and is a Member or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 Part-time Sheriff (Scotland)
 Part-time Stipendiary Magistrate (Scotland)
 Part-time Summary Sheriff (Scotland)
 President of appeals tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998) appointed under Article 6 of that Order
 Other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis
 President of the Adjudication Panel for Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 President or member of the legal chair panel of the Education Tribunal for Wales
 President or Chairman of the Transport Tribunal
 President or Deputy President of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland appointed under paragraph 2B(1) of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943
 President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal
 President of the Competition Commission Appeal Tribunals
 President of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal
 President of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales)
 President of the Employment Tribunals (Scotland)
 President of the Family Division
 President or other member of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland
 President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales
 President of the Queen’s Bench Division
 President of the Rent Assessment Committees Wales holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 President of the Valuation Tribunal for England
 President of the Welsh Language Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 President of the Welsh Tribunals holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 President or other member of the Lands Tribunal where that office is held on a salaried basis
 President or Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal appointed under Article 82 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
 Queen’s Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals
 Recorder
 Recorder of London
 ...
 Registrar of Civil Appeals
 Senior Chair of the Health Service Products (Pricing, Cost Control and Information) Appeals Tribunal holding office on or after 1st April 2021
 Senior President of Tribunals
 Sheriff (Scotland)
 Sheriff Principal (Scotland)
 Statutory Officer within the meaning of section 70(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978
 Stipendiary Magistrate (England and Wales)
 Stipendiary Magistrate (Scotland)
 Summary Sheriff (Scotland)
 Taxing Master of the Senior Courts
 Temporary Assistant Judge Advocate General
 Temporary High Court Judge (Northern Ireland)
 Temporary Judge (Scotland)
 Transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal
 Transferred-in judge of the Upper Tribunal
 Transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis
 Transferred-in other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held on a salaried basis
 Transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Property Chamber (Residential Property)
 Transferred-in other member of the Upper Tribunal, where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Lands Chamber and is a Member or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
 Vice Judge Advocate General

SCHEDULE 2


 Admiralty Registrar (sitting in retirement)
 Appointed Person for design right appeals (sitting in retirement)
 Appointed Person for trademark appeals (sitting in retirement)
 Assistant Judge Advocate General (sitting in retirement)
 Chair of the Health Service Products (Pricing, Cost Control and Information) Appeals Tribunal (sitting in retirement)
 Chair of the Reinstatement Committee (sitting in retirement)
 Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (sitting in retirement)
 Chairman of the National Security Certificate Appeals Tribunal (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
 Chairman of the Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunal (sitting in retirement)
 Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement)
 Circuit Judge (sitting in retirement)
 Coroner (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
 County Court Judge (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Admiralty Registrar (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Chair of the Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Chairman of the National Security Certificate Appeals Tribunal (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Coroner (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy County Court Judge (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy District Judge (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (England and Wales) (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Master, Chancery Division (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Master, Queen’s Bench Division (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Registrar of Civil Appeals (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Taxing Master of the Senior Courts (sitting in retirement)
 Deputy Statutory Officer within the meaning of section 74 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (sitting in retirement)
 District Judge (sitting in retirement)
 District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (England and Wales) (sitting in retirement)
 District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
 District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division (sitting in retirement)
 Employment Judge (sitting in retirement)
 High Court Judge (England and Wales) (sitting in retirement)
 High Court Judge (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
 Insolvency and Companies Court Judge (sitting in retirement)
 Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (sitting in retirement)
 Judge of the Upper Tribunal (sitting in retirement)
 Legal member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (sitting in retirement)
 Legally Qualified Member of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement)
 Legal member of the Rent Assessment Committee Wales (sitting in retirement)
 Legal member of the Welsh Language Tribunal (sitting in retirement)
 Lord Justice of Appeal (England and Wales) (sitting in retirement)
 Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland) (sitting in retirement)
 Master, Chancery Division (sitting in retirement)
 Master, Queen’s Bench Division (sitting in retirement)
 Member of a panel constituted under Article 7(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (sitting in retirement) who is appointed to serve as a member of that panel and is a barrister or solicitor
 Member of a panel of employment judges appointed in accordance with regulation 7(1)(a) of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (sitting in retirement)
 Member of the Adjudication Panel for Wales (sitting in retirement) who is legally qualified
 Member of the Lands Tribunal of Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement)
 Member of the legal chair panel of the Education Tribunal for Wales (sitting in retirement)
 Other member of the First-tier Tribunal (sitting in retirement), where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Property Chamber (Residential Property)
 Other member of the Upper Tribunal (sitting in retirement), where the office is held by a person who sits as a Chairman in the Lands Chamber and is a Member or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
 Recorder (sitting in retirement)
 Registrar of Civil Appeals (sitting in retirement)
 Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland (sitting in retirement)
 Statutory Officer within the meaning of section 70(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (sitting in retirement)
 Taxing Master of the Senior Courts (sitting in retirement)
