 The statute dictated that judges appointed prior to February 17, 1975, should contribute 1.5% of their pay to pension costs, and judges appointed after that day would contribute 6%.Justice Marc Beauregard, who was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court in July 1975, did not immediately have to contribute 6% since the Statute Law (Superannuation) Amendment Act was not yet officially enacted.This changed in December 1975, and Beauregard challenged the law as contrary to section 100 of the Constitution Act, 1867.