
1 
This Order may be cited as the Pensions
Increase (Review) Order 1982 and shall come
into operation on 22nd November 1982.
2 

(1) In this Order—
 “the 1971 Act”
means the 
Pensions (Increase) Act 1971;
 “the 1974 Act”
means the 
Pensions (Increase) Act 1974;
 “the 1975 Act”
means the Social Security
Pensions Act 1975;
 “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,
the Pensions Increase (Annual
Review) Order 1973, the 
Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1974,
the Pensions Increase (Annual
Review) Order 1975, the 
Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1976,
the Pensions Increase (Annual
Review) Order 1977, the 
Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1978,
the Pensions Increase (Review)
Order 1979, the 
Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1980 and the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1981
;
 “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.
(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) Where, for the purposes of this Order,
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.
3 
The annual rate of an official pension may, if a 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 22nd November 1982
as follows:—
(1) a pension beginning before 23rd November
1981 may be increased by 11 per cent of the basic rate as increased by the
amount of any increase under section 1
of the 1971 Act or the existing Orders;
(2) a pension beginning on or after 23rd
November 1981 and before 22nd November 1982 may be increased by 11 per cent
multiplied by AB where 
(a) A is the number of complete months in
the period between the beginning date of the pension and 22nd November 1982,
and
(b) B is 12.
4 
In respect of any lump sum or instalment of a lump sum which became
payable before 22nd November 1982 but after 22nd November 1981 there may be
paid an increase of 11 per cent of the amount of the lump sum or instalment
(as increased by the amount of any increase under 
section 1 of the 1971 Act or under the existing
Orders) multiplied by AB where 
(a) A is the number of complete months in
the period between the beginning date for the lump sum or, if later, 23rd
November 1981 and the date on which it became payable; and
(b) B is 12.
5 
The amount by reference to which any increase in the rate of an
official pension provided for by this Order is to be calculated shall, in
the case of a person who
(a) is entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension
on 22nd November 1982, and
(b) whose 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 the 1975 Act) entitlement to
the official pension also arises,
be reduced by an amount equal to the rate of the guaranteed
minimum pension unless the Treasury shall, in accordance with the provisions of 
section 59A of the 1975 Act, otherwise direct.

John Selwyn Gummer
Geoffrey Howe
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
10th August 1982