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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-flat-rate-accrual-amount-order-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/185",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Pensions (Flat Rate Accrual Amount) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-flat-rate-accrual-amount-order-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 9th February 2015\nLaid before Parliament 16th February 2015\nComing into force 6th April 2015\nIn accordance with section 148AA(1) (revaluation of flat rate accrual amount) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Secretary of State has reviewed the general level of earnings obtaining in Great Britain.\nIt appears to the Secretary of State that the general level of earnings has increased during the review period.\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 148AA(3) to (6) and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.5. Section 148AA was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions Act 2007 (c.22)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Relevant amendments to section 189 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) are made by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), paragraph 57(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) and by Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/185/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."
}