{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-act-1992/schedule-4B/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/4",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-act-1992",
  "path": "schedule/4B/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The appropriate amount for the year for the purposes of paragraph 1 is either—\n(a) the flat rate amount for the year (if the pensioner's earnings factor for the year does not exceed the LET), or\n(b) the sum of the flat rate amount and the earnings-related amount for the year (if that earnings factor exceeds the LET).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4B inserted (26.9.2007) by Pensions Act 2007 (c. 22), s. 30(3), Sch. 2 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4B para. 3(a) substituted (3.1.2012) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), s. 149(1), Sch. 4 para. 12(3)(a); S.I. 2011/3033, art. 2(c)(xii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4B para. 3(b) substituted (3.1.2012) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), s. 149(1), Sch. 4 para. 12(3)(b); S.I. 2011/3033, art. 2(c)(xii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2011/19",
      "affecting_title": "Pensions Act 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2011/19",
      "affecting_title": "Pensions Act 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2011/19",
      "affecting_title": "Pensions Act 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/4/schedule/4B/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:29.915383+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."
}