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(1) This Order may be cited as the State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on—
(a) 20th December 2023 for the purpose of making an award on a claim for a state pension under regulation 15(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (advance notice of retirement and claim for and award of pension) to a person who reaches pensionable age on or after 9th April 2024; and
(b) 8th April 2024 for all other purposes.
(2) In this Article “a state pension” means a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.
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For the purposes of section 130AC(2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (revaluation for transitional pensions under Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015), the percentage specified is 31.7 per cent.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 28th November 2023
(L.S.)David Tarr
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
