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 11th April 1988 as follows—
(1)
a pension beginning before 27th April 1987 may be increased by 4.2 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 27th April 1987 and before 11th April 1988 may be increased by 4.2 per cent multiplied by whereB
(a)
A is the number of complete months in the period between the beginning date of the pension and 11th April 1988, and
(b)
B is 12.