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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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3. Application

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act applies to a judicial officer in respect of whom the Secretary has, pursuant to a direction given by the Chief Justice under section 13(1) of the Supreme Court Order, issued an instrument of assignment for pension purposes which assigns the judicial officer to Saint Lucia.

(2) A person who was, immediately before the coming into operation of this Act, a judicial officer, may, in writing and within six months of the coming into operation of this Act, opt not to be subject to this Act, but to receive a pension, gratuity or any other eligible allowances in accordance with the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Rates of Pension) (Judges) Act, No. 12 of 1989 and Pensions Act.

1. Short title and commencement

2. Interpretation

4. Binding of the Crown

5. Pension to be charged on Consolidated Fund

6. Circumstances in which pension may be granted

8. Rate of pension

9. Reduced pension

10. Spouse's pension

12. Increases in pension

13. Gratuities where length of service does not qualify for pension

14. Gratuity on death in office

15. Pension not to be assignable

16. Regulations

11. Payment of pension