# The Pensions Increase (National Health Service Pensions) Regulations 1974, Regulation 3


For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act (which provides that a pension authority may increase the basic rate of an official pension of a class prescribed by a percentage of the said basic rate ascertained in accordance with the provisions of the Act and beginning after a specified date) a National Health Service pension, being an official pension which is payable by the Secretary of State, is hereby prescribed as an official pension of a class of which the basic rate may be increased.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/975/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-national-health-service-pensions-regulations-1974/regulation-3
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