The Social Security(Northern Ireland) Order 1989

13.  In Article 17 (election as to method of computation where guaranteed minimum pension preserved under approved arrangements), in paragraph (1)—

(a)the words “unless the prescribed person otherwise elects in the prescribed manner” shall cease to have effect; and

(b)after sub-paragraph (b) add—

but this paragraph shall not apply in any case where the application of those provisions would result in the amount of the guaranteed minimum being greater than it would have been apart from this paragraph.