# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1999, Article 4: Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions or allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act


(1) The sums specified in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) below shall be increased from and including the respective dates specified in article 6 below.
(2) The sums falling to be calculated under paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 7 to the Contributions and Benefits Act (calculation of weekly rate of a beneficiary’s retirement allowance) shall be increased by 3.2 per cent. of their amount apart from this Order.
(3) In section 44(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (basic pension in a Category A retirement pension)—
(a) for the sum of £62.05 there shall be substituted the sum of £64.05; and
(b) for the sum of £64.70 there shall be substituted the sum of £66.75.
(4) It is hereby directed that the sums which are—
(a) the additional pensions in long-term benefits calculated by reference to any final relevant year earlier than the tax year 1998–99;
(b) the increases in the rates of retirement pensions under Schedule 5 to the Contributions and Benefits Act (increase of pension where entitlement is deferred); and
(c) payable to a pensioner as part of his Category A or Category B retirement pension by virtue of an order made under section 126A of the Social Security Act 1975, section 63 of the Social Security Act 1986 or section 150(1)(e) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992,
shall in each case be increased by 3.2 per cent. of their amount apart from this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1999/0110803345/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-1999/article-4
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