9.—(1) The amount of any payment required to be paid under paragraph 2 or 3 in relation to any Table B amount or by paragraph 8 in respect of interest on the outstanding balance of any Table B amount shall be such amount as is determined by the Secretary of State after consultation with the actuaries and notified to the persons administering the Paragraph 2 Section and the Paragraph 5 Section.
(2) The Secretary of State shall make a determination on or before 14th March in every year in relation to the payments to be made from 13th April in that year to 13th April in the following year and shall, so far as reasonably practicable, determine the amounts referred to in sub–paragraph (1) so that the payments made each month in that period of twelve months are equal and so that, subject to the provisions of this Schedule, payments made in any such period of twelve months shall, so far as reasonably practicable, be equal to payments made in the immediately preceding period (disregarding any changes to the retail prices index).