{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-annuity-tables-order-1973/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-annuity-tables-order-1973/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1973/1407",
  "legislation_title": "The Government Annuity Tables Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-annuity-tables-order-1973",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES\nMade 8th August 1973\nLaid before Parliament 17th August 1973\nComing into Operation 10th September 1973\nWhereas it appears to the Treasury that the annuity tables in force for the purposes mentioned in section 33(3) of the Finance Act 1962 have ceased to be appropriate or sufficient for calculating the sum for which an annuity might have been purchased when the average price of £100 2½ per cent. Consolidated Stock is less than £30:\nNow, therefore, the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 33(4) of the Finance Act 1962 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1407/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:02:33.243447+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}