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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-review-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/634",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-review-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 5th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 6th March 1997\nComing into force 7th April 1997\nWhereas by virtue of section 151(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 a direction has been given under section 150(2) and section 190(1)(a) of that Act by the Secretary of State for Social Security that the sums mentioned in section 150(1)(c) of that Act are to be increased;\nNow therefore the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 59(1), (2), (5) and (5ZA) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and now vested in them, and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The direction is contained in S.I. 1997/543."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1975 c. 60; section 59(1) was amended by section 1(7) of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 7) and by the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6) Schedule 2, paragraph 34. Section 59(5) was amended by section 11 of the Social Security Act 1979 (c. 18) and the Social Security Act 1985 (c. 53), Schedule 5, paragraph 33. Section 59 was also amended by the Social Security Act 1979, sections 11 and 21(4) and Schedule 3, paragraph 20, section 9(8) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 5 of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990, which inserted sub-section (5ZA). Section 59 is modified by section 59A, which was inserted by section 11 of the Social Security Act 1979 and amended by section 9(9) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1670."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/634/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
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