Magistrates: Retirement

(asked on 19th July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timetable is to bring forward legislative proposals for the increase in magistrates' retirement age.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 27th July 2021

Measures to raise the mandatory retirement age of judicial office holders, including magistrates, from 70 to 75 have been brought forward as part of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill, introduced in the House of Lords on 19 July 2021.

The Bill also includes a transitional provision to enable magistrates between the age of 70 and 75 on commencement of the new mandatory retirement age to apply to return to the bench, subject to business need. The process by which such applications are to be made and considered will be set out in the autumn and we will be contacting eligible retired magistrates to invite them to express their interest in re-joining the bench.

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