Article 11 Graduated retirement benefitI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

In section 35(1) of the National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1966^f1 (graduated retirement benefit)—

(a)

the sum of 17.83 pence shall be increased by 3.8 per cent; and

(b)

the reference in that provision to that sum shall have effect as a reference to 18.51 pence.

(2)

The sums which are the increases of graduated retirement benefit under Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978^f2 (increases for deferred entitlement to a Category A or Category B retirement pension) shall be increased by 3.8 per cent.

(3)

The sums which are lump sums to which surviving spouses or civil partners will become entitled under Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005^f3 (increases of graduated retirement benefit and lump sums) shall be increased by 3.8 per cent.

(4)

The sums which are the additions under section 36(1) of the National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (special provision as to graduated retirement benefit for widows and widowers) shall be increased by 3.8 per cent.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 11 in operation at 6.4.2026, see art. 1(1)(c)(2)(3)(a)

Footnotes

f1: 1966 c. 6 (N.I.); sections 35 and 36 were repealed by the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18) but are continued in force by regulation 2 of S.R. 1978 No. 105; see also Article 11 of S.R. 2025 No. 64
f2: S.R. 1978 No. 105; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1989 No. 373 and S.R. 2025 No. 64
f3: S.R. 2005 No. 121; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 2005 No. 541, S.R. 2006 No. 104, S.R. 2017 No.57 and S.R. 2025 No. 64