
2022 No. 298
Social Security
The State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions 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 130AC(1) 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 148AC(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
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions 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.
Revaluing percentage for transitional pensions
2 
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 23.5 per cent.
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
