# The Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1988, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/217/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-review-order-1988/article-3
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