http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1999/3147/article/37/madeThe Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999BenefitsSickness and disability benefitsDisability living allowancePersonal pensionsIncapacity benefitGovernment Printer for Northern Ireland2016-10-05NORTHERN IRELANDThis Order, which is made only for purposes corresponding to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 makes provision about pensions and social security, makes provision for reducing under-occupation of dwellings by housing benefit claimants, authorises certain expenditure by the Department of Health and Social Services and makes other connected provisions.PART VPENSION SHARINGCHAPTER ISHARING OF RIGHTS UNDER PENSION ARRANGEMENTSIndexation
37Other pension schemes1

The Department may by regulations make provision for a pension to which paragraph (2) applies to be increased, as a minimum, by reference to increases in the retail prices index, so far as not exceeding 5 per cent. per annum.

2

This paragraph applies to—

a

a pension provided to give effect to eligible pension credit rights of a member under a qualifying occupational pension scheme, and

b

a pension provided to give effect to safeguarded rights of a member under a personal pension scheme.

3

In this Article—

“eligible”, in relation to pension credit rights, means of a description prescribed by regulations made by the Department;

“pension credit rights”, in relation to an occupational pension scheme, means rights to future benefits under the scheme which are attributable (directly or indirectly) to a credit under Article 26(1)(b) or under section 29(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act;

“qualifying occupational pension scheme” means an occupational pension scheme which is not a public service pension scheme;

“safeguarded rights” has the meaning given in section 64A of the Pension Schemes Act (which is inserted by Article 33).

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