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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15OPTION TO BOOST OLD RETIREMENT PENSIONS

The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 4)

4.—(1) Section 45 (rate of additional pension in a Category A retirement pension) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a)after “shall be” insert “the sum of the following—

(a)in relation to any surpluses in the pensioner’s earnings factors,;

(b)at the end insert

; and

(b)if the pensioner has one or more units of additional pension, a specified amount for each of those units..

(3) In subsection (2), at the end of paragraph (d) insert

; and

(e)if the pensioner has one or more units of additional pension, a specified amount for each of those units..

(4) After subsection (2) insert—

(2A) For the purposes of subsections (1)(b) and (2)(e) the “specified amount” is an amount to be specified by the Department in regulations..