# The Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1989, 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 10th April 1989 as follows–
(1) a pension beginning before 11th April 1988 may be increased by 5.9 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 11th April 1988 and before 10th April 1989 may be increased by 5.9 per cent multiplied by
AB where
a A is the number of complete months in the period between the beginning date of the pension and 10th April 1989, and
b B is 12.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/477/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-review-order-1989/article-3
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