# The Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1972, Article 3: Pension increases


(1) The annual rate of an official pension may, if any qualifying condition is satisfied, be increased by the pension authority in respect of any period beginning on or after 1st December 1972, as follows:—
(a) a pension beginning on or before 1st April 1971 may be increased by 9·9 per cent. of the basic rate as increased under section 1 of the 1971 Act;
(b) a pension beginning in the six months following 1st April 1971 may be increased by 11·0 per cent. of the basic rate;
(c) a pension beginning in the six months following 1st October 1971 may be increased by 5·6 per cent. of the basic rate;
(d) a pension beginning in the three months following 1st April 1972 may be increased by 3·5 per cent. of the basic rate.
(2) For the purpose of showing the cumulative effect of the increases payable under section 1 of the 1971 Act and under paragraph (1) above, that section, with the effect of paragraph (1) above incorporated in it, is set out in the Schedule to this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1298/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-annual-review-order-1972/article-3
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