{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-review-order-northern-ireland-2012/article-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/137",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Increase (Review) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-review-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Increase in certain lump sums",
  "text": "(1) This Article applies to any lump sum or instalment of a lump sum which became payable on or after 11th April 2011 but before 9th April 2012.\n(2) The pension authority may increase a lump sum or instalment of a lump sum to which this Article applies by 5.2 per cent of the amount of the lump sum or instalment (as increased by the amount of any increase under section 1 of the 1971 Act or under the existing Orders) multiplied by—\nA B where\n(a) A is the number of complete months in the period between the beginning date for the lump sum or, if later, 11th April 2011 and the date on which it became payable; and\n(b) 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/2012/137/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:35.261481+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."
}