Introductory text

PENSIONS

Made 1st December 1986

Laid before Parliament 9th December 1986

Coming into Operation 1st January 1987

Whereas the revaluation percentage specified in the following order is the percentage which appears to the Secretary of State, in the light of the information available to him, to be the percentage increase in prices in Great Britain during the period from 1st October 1985 to 30th September 1986 inclusive (“the reference period”)^f1;

And whereas the reference period is a period of 12 months, ending not earlier than 6 months before the date on which the following order is made, for which it appears to the Secretary of State that information is available to him sufficient to enable him to determine the percentage increase in prices in Great Britain satisfactorily^f2;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 52A(1) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975^f3, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—