
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions Increase (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011, and shall come into operation on 10th April 2011.
2 
In these Regulations—
 “the 1971 Act” means the Pensions (Increase) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971;
 “the 1975 Order” means the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975.
3 
The provisions of Article 69 of the 1975 Order shall apply in relation to an official pension subject to the modification in regulation 4.
4 
“Base period” in relation to the direction specified in regulation 5, means the period ending with the coming into operation of that direction and beginning on 12th April 2010.
5 
The direction specified in this regulation is the direction mentioned in section 69(1) of the 1975 Order coming into operation on 11th April 2011.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 21st March 2011
Michael Daly
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
