Article 3 Pension increases

The annual rate of an official pension may, if a qualifying condition is satisfied or the pension is a derivative or substituted pension or a relevant injury pension, be increased by the pension authority in respect of any period on or after 11th April 1994 as follows—

(1)

a pension beginning before 12th April 1993 may be increased by 1.8 per cent of the basic rateas 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 12th April 1993 and before 11th April 1994 may be increased by 1.8 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 11th April 1994, and

B is 12.