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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-regulations-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/858",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-regulations-1999",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "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 paragraph 3 of schedule 7 to that Act, the Secretary of State has not referred these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee.\nRegulation 2 provides that where a question has arisen about the effect of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/264) (“the Up-rating Order”) 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 £140 to £145 and from £18.00 to £19.00 the earnings limits for child dependency increases payable with invalid care allowance.\nRegulation 5 raises from £48.00 to £49.50 the limit of earnings from a councillor’s allowance in relation to incapacity benefit; the 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 6 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",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/858/note",
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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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