Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1975
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1975/1384 |
| Year | 1975 |
1975 No. 1384
PENSIONS
The Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 197518thAugust 1975
8thSeptember 1975
1stDecember 1975
Whereas the Minister for the Civil Service has, in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971(a), as amended by section 25(1) of the Superannuation Act 1972(b), reviewed the rates of official pensions against the rise in the cost of living during the review period, that is to say, the period of twelve months ending with 30th June 1975, and it has been found that in that period the cost of living has risen by 26.1 per cent:
Now, therefore, the Minister for the Civil Service, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (as amended by section 25(1) of the Superannuation Act 1972 and section 3(3)(a) of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1974(c)) and section 9(4) of the said Act of 1971, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1975, and shall come into operation on 1st December 1975.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
"the 1971 Act" means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971;
"the 1974 Act" means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1974;
"basic rate" has the meaning given by section 17(1) of the 1971 Act, as amended by section 1(3) of the 1974 Act;
"the existing Orders" means the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1972(d), the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1973(e) and the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1974(f);
"official pension" has the meaning given by section 5(1) of the 1971 Act;
"pension authority" has the meaning given by section 7(1) of the 1971 Act;
"qualifying condition" means one of the conditions laid down in section 3 of the 1971 Act, as amended by section 3(2) and (3) of the 1974 Act;
"widow's pension" means a pension payable in respect of the services of the pensioner's deceased husband.
(a) 1971 c. 56.
(b) 1972 c. 11.
(c) 1974 c. 9.
(d) S.I. 1972/1298 (1972 II, p. 3910).
(e) S.I. 1973/1370 (1973 II, p. 4234).
(f) S.I. 1974/1373 (1974 II, p. 5267).
(2) For the purposes of this Order the time when a pension "begins" is that stated in section 8(2) of the 1971 Act, and the "beginning date" shall be construed accordingly.
(3) The Interpretation Act 1889(a) shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Pension increases
3.—(1) The annual rate of an official pension may, if any qualifying condition is satisfied or the pension is a widow's pension, be increased by the pension...
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