
2022 No. 297
Social Security
The State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022
Made 30th November 2022
Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1(1)

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 130AD and 165(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in the Department for Communities.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made an Order under sections 148AD(2) and (3) and 189(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

Accordingly the Department for Communities makes the following Order.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) This Order may be cited as the State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on—
(a) 21st December 2022 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 11th April 2023; and
(b) 10th April 2023 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.
The increase in the amount of relevant debits or credits
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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 30th November 2022
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities

SCHEDULE
Percentage increase of the amounts of relevant debits or credits for specified tax years
Article 2


Tax Year  Percentage increase
2016-2017  23.6
2017-2018  22.4
2018-2019  18.8
2019-2020  16.0
2020-2021  14.1
2021-2022  13.5
2022-2023  10.1