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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-low-earnings-threshold-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/324",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-low-earnings-threshold-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 17th February 2003\nLaid before Parliament 21st February 2003\nComing into force 6th April 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 148A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, it having appeared to the Secretary of State on a review under that section that the general level of earnings in Great Britain has increased during the review period, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5. Section 148A was inserted by section 33(1) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See subsections (1) and (2) of section 148A."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/324/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."
}