{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-review-order-1980/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-review-order-1980/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1980/1302",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-review-order-1980",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 26th August 1980\nLaid before Parliament 8th September 1980\nComing into Operation 24th November 1980\nWhereas by virtue of section 23 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 a direction has been given under section 124 of the Social Security Act 1975 by the Secretary of State for Social Services that the sums mentioned in section 23(1)(b) are to be increased:\nNow therefore the Minister for the Civil Service, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 59(1), (2) and (5) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "section 59 was amended by section 11 of the Social Security Act 1979 (c. 18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The direction is contained in S.I. 1980/1245."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "a relevant amendment was made to section 126(5) by section 1(3) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/1302/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:54:48.529263+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."
}