6 Preservation for certain purposes of benefit of previous Acts

6  Preservation for certain purposes of benefit of previous Acts

(1)     If in the case of an official pension beginning before the year 1969 the 1969 standard is less than the 1971 rate of the pension with the addition (if any) to be made to that rate under subsection (5) below, then the increase that may be made in the pension under section 1(1)(a) above shall be of the amount necessary to bring the annual rate up to 118 per cent of the 1971 rate or, if subsection (5) below applies, to 118 per cent. of the 1971 rate with the addition under that subsection.

(2)     For any pension that qualified for an increase under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1920, the 1971 rate shall be taken to be the annual rate at which it is being paid on 31st August 1971 (or, if payment is then suspended, was last paid before that date).

(3)     Where an official pension not falling within subsection (2) above is being paid on 31st August 1971 at a rate which includes any relevant increases, then the annual rate at which it is then being paid shall be taken as the 1971 rate, unless it is shown that

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