11. Amendment of Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961
(1) Section 46 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 is amended -
(a) in subsection (3AA), by the substitution of "(9) to (9B)" for "(9A) to (9C)",
(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (9):
(a) The annual sums to be paid by way of remuneration to the several judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court who were appointed to those judicial offices before the commencement of section 10 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 shall be specified in an order made by the Government for the purpose.
(b) In making an order under paragraph (a), the Government shall have regard to the proportions that the annual sums payable by way of remuneration under this Act in respect of the different judicial offices bore to one another before the commencement of section 11 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015.
(c) The amount that is specified in an order under paragraph (a) as the annual sum payable by way of remuneration in respect of a particular judicial office shall not be less than the amount that stood, immediately before the commencement of section 11 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015, as the annual sum payable by way of remuneration in respect of that office.