Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950

Increase of scheduled (Part III) pension.

5.—(1) A scheduled (Part III) pension which is less than the amount specified in subsection (2) of this section shall be increased to that amount.

(2) The amount referred to in subsection (1) of this section is—

(a) the amount obtained by—

(i) recalculating the pension in question by reference to a cost-of-living index figure of 185, and

(ii) increasing such pension, as so recalculated, by the appropriate sum, or

(b) the amount obtained by recalculating the pension in question by reference to a cost-of-living index figure of 270,

whichever is the less.