Paragraph 4 Calculation of incrementI1
Northern Ireland
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 Contributions and Benefits Act, the Administration Act or the Pension Schemes Act.
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 (Northern Ireland) 1979f1 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 operation under section 132 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 operation before the beginning of the period of deferment.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 1 para. 4 in operation at 6.4.2005, see reg. 1(1)
Footnotes
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S.R.1979 No. 243; the relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1989 No. 373, S.R. 1992 Nos. 6 and 318, S.R. 1996 No. 289, S.R. 1999 No. 371 and S.R. 2005 No. 120
Notes on Schedule 1
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2), 6 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/153), arts. 1(1)(g), 12(3)
- C2
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2), 6 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/92), arts. 1(1)(g), 12(3)
- C3
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2), 6 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/89), arts. 1(1)(f), 12(3)
- C4
Sch. 1: sums confirmed (12.4.2010) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/118), arts. 1(1)(c), 12(3)
- C5
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2), 6 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/119), arts. 1(1)(c), 12(3)
- C6
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2), 6 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/116), arts. 1(1)(c), 12(3)
- C7
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2), 6 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/69), arts. 1(1)(c), 11(3)
- C8
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2), 6 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/78), arts. 1(1)(c), 11(3)
- C9
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2), 6 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/124), arts. 1(1)(c), 11(3)
- C10
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(3), 7 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/56), arts. 1(1)(c), 12(3)
- C11
Sch. 1: sums amended (25.9.2017) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/187), arts. 1, 11(3)
- C12
Sch. 1: sums amended (24.3.2018) by The Social Security (2017 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/56), arts. 1, 11(3)
- C13
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(3), 7 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/58), arts. 1(1)(c), 12(3)
- C14
Sch. 1: sums amended (29.9.2018) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/167), arts. 1, 11(3)
- C15
Sch. 1: sums amended (26.3.2019) by The Social Security (2018 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/46), arts. 1, 11(3)
- C16
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(3), 7 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/58), arts. 1(1)(c), 12(3)
- C17
Sch. 1: sums amended (27.9.2019) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/188), arts. 1, 11(3)
- C18
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(3)(a), 7 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/40), arts. 1(1)(c), 12(3)
- C19
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(3), 7 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/82), arts. 1(1)(c), 12(3)
- C20
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(3)(a), 7 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/143), arts. 1(1)(c), 12(3)
- C21
Sch. 1: sums amended (28.9.2022) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/231), arts. 1, 11(3)
- C22
Sch. 1: sums amended (27.3.2023) by The Social Security (2022 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/27), arts. 1, 11(3)
- C23
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(3), 7 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/43), arts. 1(1)(c), 12(3)
- C24
Sch. 1: sums amended (26.9.2023) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/150), arts. 1, 11(3)
- C25
Sch. 1: sums amended (22.3.2024) by The Social Security (2023 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/69), arts. 1, 10(3)
- C26
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with arts. 1(2)(3)(a), 7 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/73), arts. 1(1)(c), 11(3)
- C27
Sch. 1: sums amended (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(3)(a), 7 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/64), arts. 1(1)(c), 11(3)
- C28
Sch. 1: sums amended (coming into operation in accordance with arts. 1(2)(3)(a), 7 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/59), arts. 1(1)(c), 11(3)