The Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

Made: 10th March 2026

Coming into operation in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)

The Department of Finance makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(2) and (3) of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014[^f00001].

Citation, commencement and extent

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order (Northern Ireland) 2026.

• (2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order comes into operation on 1st April 2026.

• (3) Article 2 comes into operation on 6th April 2026 in respect of schemes established by—

• (a) The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014[^f00002];

• (b) The Health and Social Care Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015[^f00003].

Revaluation by reference to change in prices or earnings

2

For the purposes of section 9(2) of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (revaluation), in relation to the period beginning with 1st April 2025 and ending with 31st March 2026—

• (a) the change in prices is an increase of 3.8 per cent;

• (b) the change in earnings is an increase of 4.8 per cent.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 10th March 2026.

Patrick Neeson — A senior officer of the — Department of Finance

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 9 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c.2) (revaluation) applies to pension schemes which, under that Act, require a revaluation of pensionable earnings, or a proportion of such earnings, accrued as a pension, by reference to a change in prices or earnings (or both) in a given period.

In relation to the period from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 inclusive, article 2 of this Order specifies an increase in prices of 3.8 per cent, based on a measure of the year on year change in the Consumer Prices Index to September 2025; and an increase in earnings of 4.8 per cent, based on a measure of the year on year change in average weekly earnings to September 2025.

This Order comes into operation on 1st April 2026 but, for the schemes specified in article 1(3), this Order will have effect from 6th April 2026.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2014 c.2 (N.I.)

[^f00002]: S.R. 2014/188.

[^f00003]: S.R. 2015/120.

Editorial notes

[^key-86fb5aefc907b8b24faad3f8e8e51da3]: Art. 1 in operation at 1.4.2026, see art. 1(2)

[^key-08518330691816a5acb6d6044dc62e92]: Art. 2 in operation at 6.4.2026 for specified purposes, see art. 1(3)

[^key-d5b83f37b9eb839564add9ff50ea782d]: Art. 2 in operation at 1.4.2026 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(2)