{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-reduction-of-qualifying-age-order-1972/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-reduction-of-qualifying-age-order-1972/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1972/1299",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Increase (Reduction of Qualifying Age) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-reduction-of-qualifying-age-order-1972",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order provides for the reduction from 60 to 55 of the age at which a public service pensioner (or a dependant, other than the widow, of such a pensioner) whose pension is in payment may qualify for an increase of pension under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1299/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:27:13.997525+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."
}