{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-northern-ireland-order-1975/article-69A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-northern-ireland-order-1975/article-69A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1975/1503",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-northern-ireland-order-1975",
  "path": "article/69A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "69A",
  "heading": "Modification of effect of Article 69(5)",
  "text": "(1) This Article applies where the amount by reference to which an increase in an official pension is to be calculated would, but for the provisions of this Article, be reduced under Article 69(5) by an amount equal to the rate of a guaranteed minimum pension.\n(2) The Department of the Civil Service may direct that in such cases or classes of case as may be specified in the direction—\n(a) no such reduction shall be made; or\n(b) the reduction shall be of an amount less than the rate of the guaranteed minimum pension;\nand in any case to which such a direction applies the increase shall, in respect of such period or periods as may be specified in the direction be calculated in accordance with the direction, notwithstanding Article 69(5).\n(2A) Where in any tax year as defined in section 176(1) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993\n(a) an increase is calculated in accordance with a direction under this Article; and\n(b) the amount by reference to which the increase is calculated, or any part of it, is increased in that tax year under section 105(1) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993.\nthe increase calculated in accordance with the direction shall be reduced by the amount of the increase under that section.\n(3) A direction under this Article may provide that where it has applied in any case and ceases to apply in that case, the rate of the official pension for any period following the date on which the direction ceases to apply shall, in such circumstances as may be specified in the direction, be calculated as if the direction had never applied.\n(4) A direction under this Article may provide that the rate of an official pension shall, in such circumstances as may be specified in the direction, be calculated as if the direction had been in force at all times during such period as may be so specified.\n(5) A direction made under paragraph (2) may be varied or revoked by a subsequent direction.]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1979 NI 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1986 NI 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1993 c. 49"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1975/1503/article/69A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:05.457767+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."
}