Paragraph 4 Calculation of increment
A person is entitled to an increment under this paragraph for each complete incremental period in his period of deferment.
The amount of the increment for an incremental period shall be ⅕th per cent. of the weekly rate of the graduated retirement benefit to which the person would have been entitled for the period if his entitlement to a Category A or Category B retirement pension had not been deferred.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), the weekly rate of graduated retirement benefit shall be taken to include any increase in the weekly rate of that benefit and the amount of the increment in respect of such an increase shall be ⅕th per cent. of its weekly rate for each incremental period in the period of deferment beginning on the day the increase occurred.
Amounts under sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be rounded to the nearest penny, taking any ½p as nearest to the next whole penny.
Where an amount under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) would, apart from this sub-paragraph, be a sum less than ½p, the amount shall be taken to be zero, notwithstanding any provision of the Benefits Act, the Administration Act or the Pension Schemes Act 1993 M1.
In this paragraph, “incremental period” means any period of six days which are treated by the Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 M2 as days of increment for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 in relation to the person and pension in question.
Where one or more orders have come into force under section 150 of the Administration Act during the period of deferment, the rate for any incremental period shall be determined as if the order or orders had come into force before the beginning of the period of deferment.
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
- M2
S.I.1979/642; the relevant amending instruments are S.I.1989/1642, 1991/2742, 1992/1695, 1996/1345 and 1999/2422.
Notes on Schedule 1
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 1 modified (7.4.2008) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/632), arts. 1(2)(d), 12(3)
- C2
Sch. 1 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(3)
- C3
Sch. 1 sums confirmed (12.4.2010) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/793), arts. 1(2)(d), 12(3)
- C4
Sch. 1 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(3)
- C5
Sch. 1 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(3)
- C6
Sch. 1 sums amended (with effect in accordance with art. 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(3)
- C7
Sch. 1 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(3)
- C8
Sch. 1 sums amended (11.3.2014 for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(c)(l), (3), (4), 6) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/516), art. 1(2)(c)(l)(3)8(3)
- C9
Sch. 1 sums amended (3.3.2015 for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(c)(3)(4), 6) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/457), art. 1(2)(c)(3)8(3)
- C10
Sch. 1 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(3)
- C11
Sch. 1 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 2018 (S.I. 2018/281), arts. 1(2)(c), 12(3)
- C12
Sch. 1 sums amended (with effect in accordance with art. 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(3)
- C13
Sch. 1 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(3)
- C14
Sch. 1 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(3)
- C15
Sch. 1 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(3)
- C16
Sch. 1: 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(3)
- C17
Sch. 1: 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(3)
- C18
Sch. 1: 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(3)