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 9th April 2001 as follows—

(1)

a pension beginning before 10th April 2000 may be increased by 3.3 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 10th April 2000 and before 9th April 2001 may be increased by 3.3 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 9th April 2001, and

B is 12.