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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/576",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-regulations-1997",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThis instrument contains only provisions in consequence of an order under section 150 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (up-rating of benefits). Accordingly, by virtue of paragraphs 3 and 12 of Schedule 7 to that Act, the Secretary of State has not referred these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee or to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.\nRegulation 2 provides that where a question has arisen about the effect of the Up-rating Order (defined in regulation 1(2) of these Regulations) on a benefit already in payment, the altered rates will not apply until that question is determined by an adjudicating authority.\nRegulation 3 applies the provisions of regulation 5 of the Social Security Benefits (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975 so as to restrict the application of the increase specified in the Up-rating Order in cases where the beneficiary lives abroad.\nRegulation 4 raises from £2,366.00 to £2,418.00 a year the earnings limit which applies to unemployability supplement.\nRegulation 5 raises from £130.00 to £135.00 the earnings limits for child dependency increases payable with invalid care allowance.\nRegulation 6 raises from £45.50 to £46.50 the limit of earnings from a councillor’s allowance in relation to incapacity benefit; this figure is also relevant for the purposes of severe disablement allowance by virtue of regulation 8A of the Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/1303).\nRegulation 7 contains a revocation consequential upon the coming into force of these Regulations.\nThese Regulations do not impose any costs on business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/576/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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