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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardians-allowance-up-rating-order-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardians-allowance-up-rating-order-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/798",
  "legislation_title": "The Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardians-allowance-up-rating-order-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 26th March 2008\nComing into force 7th April 2008\nAs a result of carrying out a review of the sums referred to in section 150(1)(a)(i) (rates of benefits, etc.) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 the Treasury have determined that the general level of prices was higher at the end of the period under review than it was at the beginning.\nA draft of the following Order was laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with sections 150(2) and 190(1)(a) of that Act.\nAccordingly, the Treasury make the following Order in the exercise of the powers conferred by sections 150(9) and 189(4) of that Act and now vested in them.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 (c.5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The functions of the Secretary of State in respect of guardian’s allowance under Part 10 of the Act which are relevant to the making of this Order were transferred to the Treasury by section 49(3) of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/798/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:32:54.505825+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."
}