Article 3 Pension increases

The annual rate of an official pension may, if a qualifying condition is satisfied or the pension is a widow’s pension, be increased by the pension authority in respect of any period beginning on or after 6th April 1987 as follows:—

(1)

a pension beginning before 28th July 1986 may be increased by 2.1 per cent of the basic rate as increased by the amount of any increase under section 1 of the 1971 Act or the existing Orders;

(2)

a pension beginning on or after 28th July 1986 and before 6th April 1987 may be increased by 2.1 per cent multiplied by

\frac{A}{B}

where

A is the number of complete months in the period between the beginning date of the pension and 6th April 1987, and

B is 8.