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(1) This Order may be cited as the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1996.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly.
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For the purposes of section 105(1) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 the percentage by which there is to be an increase in the rate of that part of any guaranteed minimum pension which is attributable to earnings factors for the tax year 1988-89 and subsequent tax years shall be 3 per cent.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on
W. G. Purdy
Assistant Secretary
4th March 1996.