Bill

Judges’ Pensions Amendment (Pension Not Payable for Misconduct) Bill 2020

lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.

Recorded stages

No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.

Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-10-06.

The bill would make retired High Court judges lose their pension if serious misconduct is discovered after they leave the bench.

It would amend the Judges' Pensions Act 1968 to apply the same penalty for misconduct to retired judges as currently applies to sitting judges.

The bill would operate retrospectively to cover past judges whose misconduct comes to light after retirement.

The bill imposes a pension forfeiture for serious misconduct on retired judges.
The bill applies the same misconduct consequences to retired judges as to sitting judges.
The bill operates retrospectively to cover past misconduct discovered after retirement.

Retired High Court judges and other retired federal judges covered by the Judges' Pensions Act 1968.

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