UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
1977 No. 1387
PENSIONS
The Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1977
Made 9th August 1977
Laid before Parliament 26th August 1977
Coming into Operation 1st December 1977
Whereas the Minister for the Civil Service has, in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, as amended by section 25(1) of the Superannuation Act 1972, 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 1977, and it has been found that in that period the cost of living has risen by 17·7 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 sections 3(1) and 3(3)(a) of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1974 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:—
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Citation and commencementCitation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1977, and shall come into operation on 1st December 1977.
Interpretation
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(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 “”
(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 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 authority in respect of any period beginning on or after 1st December 1977 as follows:—
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(a) a pension beginning on or before 1st July 1976 may be increased by 17·7 per cent. of the basic rate as increased by the amount of any increase under section 1 of the 1971 Act or under the existing Orders;
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(b) a pension beginning in the six months following 1st July 1976 may be increased by 19·5 per cent. of the basic rate.
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(c) a pension beginning in the six months following 1st January 1977 may be increased by 11·4 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 existing Orders and under paragraph (1) above, that section (as amended by section 3(3)(a) of the 1974 Act), with the effect of the existing Orders and paragraph (1) above incorporated in it, is set out in the Schedule to this Order.
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Increases of certain lump sumsIncreases of certain lump sums
4. In respect of any lump sum or instalment of a lump sum which became payable in the six months ending with 1st July 1977, but for which the beginning date fell before 2nd January 1977, there may be paid an increase of 9·8 per cent. of the amount of the lump sum or instalment as increased by any increase under section 1 of the 1971 Act or under the existing Orders.
C.R. Morris
Minister of State
Civil Service Department
SCHEDULE
Article 3(2)
Section 1 of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 reproduced with the effect of the existing Orders and article 3(1) of this Order incorporated in it
1.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, 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 authority in respect of any period on or after 1st December 1977, as follows:—
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(a) a pension beginning before the year 1969 may be increased by the amount necessary to bring the rate up to the 1969 standard, that is to say to the rate arrived at by applying to the basic rate of pension the...
