(1) The annualised amount of the basic salary of a covered public servant, as it stands adjusted by the relevant enactments, shall -

(a) on and from 1 January 2018, be increased by 1 per cent, and

(b) on and from 1 October 2018, be increased by 1 per cent.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (1), the reference in that subsection to the annualised amount of the basic salary of a covered public servant, as it stands adjusted by the relevant enactments, is a reference to the annualised amount of such salary that is payable in consequence of the applicable provision of section 6A or 6C (in each case inserted by the Act of 2015) of the No. 2 Act of 2009.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (1), the reference in that subsection to the annualised amount of the basic salary of a covered public servant, as it stands adjusted by the relevant enactments, is a reference to the annualised amount of such salary that is payable in consequence of -

(a) the applicable provision of section 6A or 6C (in each case inserted by the Act of 2015) of the No. 2 Act of 2009, and