Pension increases

3.  The annual rate of an official pension may, if a qualifying condition is satisfied or the pension is a widow's pension, be increased by the pension authority in respect of any period beginning on or after 24th November 1980 as follows:—

(1) a pension beginning before 12th November 1979 may be increased by 16·5 per cent of the basic rate as increased by the amount of any increase under section 1 of the 1971 Act or the existing Orders;

(2) a pension beginning on or after 12th November 1979 and before 24th

November 1980 may be increased by 16·5 per cent multiplied by

No math image to display

where

(a) A is the number of complete months in the period between the beginning date of the pension and 24th November 1980 and

(b) B is 12.