
2024 No. 199
Social Security
The State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
Made 26th November 2024
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) 2024 and shall come into operation on—
(a) 17th December 2024 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 8th April 2025; and
(b) 7th April 2025 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 33.9 per cent.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 26th November 2024
(L.S.)David Tarr
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
