Section 140 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Higher duties allowance

140 Higher duties allowance (1) In addition to the payments specified in sections 135 to 139 , a higher duties allowance calculated in accordance with subsection (2) is— (a) payable to a High Court Judge who— (i) is, or has been, serving as a member of— (A) a division of the Court of Appeal; or (B) the full Court of Appeal; but (ii) is not, or was not, a permanent Court of Appeal Judge; and (b) payable only in respect of the periods of the Judge’s service as a member of the division or full Court of Appeal. (2) The higher duties allowance is calculated at a rate expressed per day of service as a member of the division or full court in accordance with the following formula: (a – b) × c/d where—

a is the applicable yearly rate of salary determined by the Remuneration Authority to be payable to a permanent Court of Appeal Judge b is the applicable yearly rate of salary determined by the Remuneration Authority to be payable to a Judge who is not a permanent Court of Appeal Judge c is 0.0383561 (the standard payroll factor, which represents the proportion of an annual salary that is paid per fortnight) d is 10 (the number of working days per fortnight). (3) In this section permanent Court of Appeal Judge means a Court of Appeal Judge holding office under section 45(2) . Compare: 1908 No 89 s 9A(1A)