{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-protection-fund-and-occupational-pension-schemes-levy-ceiling-order-2026/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/83",
  "legislation_title": "The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-protection-fund-and-occupational-pension-schemes-levy-ceiling-order-2026",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The earnings percentage",
  "text": "For the purposes of section 178(3)(a) of the Act (the levy ceiling), the percentage by which it appears to the Secretary of State that the general level of earnings has increased during the review period is 5%.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "In accordance with section 178(4) of the Pensions Act 2004 and regulation 3 of S.I. 2006/2692, the review period is the period from 1st August 2024 to 31st July 2025."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/83/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:47.654729+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."
}