Paragraph 3

(~~F11~~)

~~Subject to paragraph 4 below, a person is entitled to an increment under this paragraph for each complete incremental period (beginning not earlier than 6th April 1979) in his~~ ~~F2period of enhancement~~.

(2)

~~In this Schedule—~~

(a)

“~~incremental period” means~~ any period of 6 days which are treated by the Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations 1978 as days of increment for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 as amended by section 3 of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 in relation to the person and the pension in question; ~~and~~

(~~F3b~~)

“period of enhancement” in relation to any person means the period which begins on the same day as the period of deferment and ends on the same day as that period ends or, if earlier, on the day before the fifth anniversary of the beginning of that period.

(3)

Subject to paragraph 4 below, the amount of the increment for any such incremental period shall be 1/7th per cent. of the weekly rate of the graduated retirement benefit to which that person would have been entitled for the period if he ~~F4had not deferred his entitlement to a Category A or Category B retirement pension, the result being rounded to the nearest whole penny, taking ½p as nearest to the next whole penny above.~~

(4)

~~Where one or more orders have come into force under section 124 of the Act (increases in rates of benefit) during the~~ ~~F5period of enhancement~~ ~~the rate of the benefit for any incremental period shall be determined as if the order or orders had come into force before the beginning of the~~ ~~period of enhancement~~.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 para. (1)(b)-(4) and word omitted (6.4.2005) by virtue of The Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/454), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(a)(b) (with 3(2)(a)(b))
F2: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1) substituted (1.10.1989) by The Social Security (Abolition of Earnings Rule) (Consequential) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1642), regs. 1, 5(3)(c)(i)
F3: Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b) substituted (1.10.1989) by The Social Security (Abolition of Earnings Rule) (Consequential) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1642), regs. 1, 5(3)(c)(ii)
F4: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(3) substituted (1.10.1989) by The Social Security (Abolition of Earnings Rule) (Consequential) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1642), regs. 1, 5(3)(c)(iii)
F5: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(4) substituted (1.10.1989) by The Social Security (Abolition of Earnings Rule) (Consequential) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1642), regs. 1, 5(3)(c)(iv)

Notes on Schedule 2

Modifications

C1: Sch. 2 sum amended (11.4.1988 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No.2) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/1978), arts. 1(1), 6(2)
C2: Sch. 2 modified (12.4.1993) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/349), arts. 1(2)(d), 11(2)
C3: Sch. 2 modified (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(3), 6 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/264), arts. 1(2)(c), 11(2)
C4: Sch. 2 modified (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(3), 6 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/440), arts. 1(2)(c), 11(2)
C5: Sch. 2 modified (9.4.2001) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order 2000 2001 (S.I. 2001/207), arts. 1(2)(c), 11(2)
C6: Sch. 2 modified (8.4.2002) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/668), arts. 1(2)(c), 11(2)
C7: Sch. 2 modified (7.4.2003) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/526), arts. 1(2)(c), 12(2)
C8: Sch. 2 sums amended (12.4.2004) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/552), arts. 1(2)(c), 12(2)
C9: Sch. 2 sum amended (11.4.2005) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/522), arts. 1(2)(c), 12(2)
C10: Sch. 2 modified (10.4.2006) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/645), arts. 1(2)(d), 12(2)
C11: Sch. 2 modified (7.4.2008) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/632), arts. 1(2)(d), 12(2)
C12: Sch. 2 modified (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3)(a), 6 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/497), arts. 1(2)(d), 12(2)
C13: Sch. 2 sums confirmed (12.4.2010) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/793), arts. 1(2)(d), 12(2)
C14: Sch. 2 sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(3), 6 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/821), arts. 1(2)(c), 12(2)
C15: Sch. 2 sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(3), 6 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/780), arts. 1(2)(c), 12(2)
C16: Sch. 2 sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(3), 6 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/574), arts. 1(2)(c), 11(2)
C17: Sch. 2 sums amended (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(c)(l)(3)(4), 6 of the amending S.I., so far as not already in force and with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(c)(4), 6 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/516), art. 1(2)(c)(l)(3), 8(2)
C18: Sch. 2 sums amended (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(c)(l)(3)(4), 6 of the amending S.I., in force in so far as not already in force and with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(c)(4), 6 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/457), art. 1(2)(c)(l)(3), 8(2)
C19: Sch. 2 sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(3)(4), 7 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/260), arts. 1(2)(c), 12(2)
C20: Sch. 2 sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(4)(5), 7 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/480), arts. 1(3)(c), 12(2)
C21: Sch. 2 sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(4)(5), 7 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/234), arts. 1(3)(c), 12(2)
C22: Sch. 2 sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(4)(5), 7 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/162), arts. 1(3)(c), 12(2)
C23: Sch. 2 sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(4)(5), 7 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up Rating Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/292), arts. 1(3)(c), 12(2)
C24: Sch. 2: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(4)(5), 7 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/316), arts. 1(3)(c), 12(2)
C25: Sch. 2: sums amended (coming into force in accordance with arts. 1(4)(5), 7 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/316), arts. 1(3)(c), 12(2)
C26: Sch. 2: sums amended (coming into force in accordance with arts. 1(4)(5), 7 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/242), arts. 1(3)(c), 11(2)
C27: Sch. 2: sums amended (coming into force in accordance with arts. 1(4)(5), 7 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/295), arts. 1(3)(c), 11(2)
C28: Sch. 2: sums amended (coming into force in accordance with arts. 1(4)(5), 7 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/148), arts. 1(3)(c), 11(2)