{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-review-order-northern-ireland-2000/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2000/64",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Increase (Review) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-review-order-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Increases in certain pensions",
  "text": "(1) 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.\n(2) 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.\n(3) A pension beginning on or after 12th April 1999 and before 10th April 2000 may be increased by 1.1 per cent multiplied by—\nAB where\nA is the number of complete months in the period between the beginning of the pension and 9th April 2000 and B is 12.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/64/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:16:32.035468+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}