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(1) This Order may be cited as the State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) 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 paragraph 3 of each of Schedules 8 and 10 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (pension sharing: appropriate weekly rate and reduction), the amount of relevant debits or credits for the tax year specified in the first column of the table set out in the Schedule to this Order is directed to be increased by the percentage of their amount specified in the corresponding entry in the second column.
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

SCHEDULE
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Tax Year  Percentage increase
2016-2017  31.9
2017-2018  30.6
2018-2019  26.8
2019-2020  23.8
2020-2021  21.7
2021-2022  21.1
2022-2023  17.5
2023-2024  6.7