Article 3 Increases in certain pensions

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 as set out in paragraphs (2) and (3) by the pension authority in respect of any period beginning on or after 6th April 1998.

A pension beginning before 7th April 1997 may be increased by 3.6 per cent of the basic rate as increased by the amount of any increase under section 1 of the Act of 1971 or the existing Orders.

A pension beginning on or after 7th April 1997 and before 6th April

1998 may be increased by 3.6 per cent multiplied by

$$\genfrac{}{}{0.1ex}{}{\mathrm{A}}{\mathrm{B}}$$

where

• A is the number of complete months in the period between the beginning of the pension and 5th April 1998 and B is 12.