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 10th April 2000.

A pension beginning before 12th April 1999 may be increased by 1.1 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 12th April 1999 and before 10th April 2000 may be increased by 1.1 per cent multiplied by—

where

• A is the number of complete months in the period between the beginning of the pension and 9th April 2000 and B is 12.