The Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1973

Pension increases

3.—(1) The annual rate of an official pension may, if any qualifying condition is satisfied, be increased by the pension authority in respect of any period beginning on or after 1st December 1973, as follows:—

(a) a pension beginning on or before 1st July 1972 may be increased by 9.3 per cent. of the basic rate as increased by the amount of any increase under section 1 of the 1971 Act or under the 1972 Order;

(b) a pension beginning in the six months following 1st July 1972 may be increased by 10.4 per cent. of the basic rate;

(c) a pension beginning in the six months following 1st January 1973 may be increased by 6.1 per cent. of the basic rate.

(2) For the purpose of showing the cumulative effect of the increases payable under section 1 of the 1971 Act, under the 1972 Order and under paragraph (1) above, that section, with the effect of the 1972 Order and paragraph (1) above incorporated in it, is set out in the Schedule to this Order.