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The Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003

S.R. 2003/85 · Made 20 February 2003

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 20th February 2003

Coming into operation 6th April 2003

Whereas the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made an Orderf1 under section 148A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992f2:

Now, therefore, the Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 130A of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f3 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2003/324

f2

1992 c. 5

f3

1992 c. 8; section 130A was inserted by section 32 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.)). See also Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Low earnings threshold
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2003.

2Low earnings threshold

It is hereby directed that, for the purposes of the Contributions and Benefits Act, the low earnings thresholdf1 for the tax years following the tax year 2002–2003 shall be £11,200.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 20th February 2003.

L.S.

John O'Neill

Senior Officer of the

Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order, which corresponds to an Order (S.I. 2003/324) made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions under section 148A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, directs that the low earnings threshold, for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, for the tax years following 2002–2003 shall be £11,200. The low earnings threshold is used for the purposes of calculating entitlement to the additional pension (the state second pension) in a state retirement pension.