Social Security Act 1979 (Version in vigour from 1994-02-07 to )
Currency | No known outstanding effects |
Coming into Force | 07 February 1994 |
- (a) a person is entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension when an order under this section comes into force ; and
- (b) entitlement to that guaranteed minimum pension arises from an employment from which (either directly or by virtue of the payment of a transfer credit under section 38 of this Act) entitlement to the official pension also arises ; the amount by reference
- “(8) Where, for the purposes of this section, it is necessary to calculate the number of complete months in any period an incomplete month shall be treated as a complete month if it consists of at least 16 days.
- “(1) This section applies where the amount by reference to which an increase in an official pension is to be calculated would, but for the provisions of this section, be reduced under section 59(5) of this Act by an amount equal to the rate of a guaranteed minimum pension.
- (2) The Minister for the Civil Service may direct that in such cases or classes of case as may be specified in the direction—
- (a) the reduction shall be made ; or
- (b) the reduction shall be of an amount less than the rate of the guaranteed minimum pension ; and in any case to which such a direction applies the increase shall, in respect of such period or periods as may be specified in the direction, be calculated in accordance with the direction, notwithstanding section 59(5) .
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