{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-revaluation-of-earnings-factors-order-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-revaluation-of-earnings-factors-order-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/867",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-revaluation-of-earnings-factors-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 11th May 1988\nLaid before Parliament 18th May 1988\nComing into force 8th June 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 21 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having on a review under the said section 21 concluded, having had regard to earlier Orders under that section, that earnings factors for the relevant previous tax years have not, during the period taken into account for that review, maintained their value in relation to the general level of earnings obtaining in Great Britain, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 60; section 21 was amended by the Social Security Act 1979 (c. 18), section 10, the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), section 3(3) and Schedule 5, and the Social Security Act 1985 (c. 53), section 4 and Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 and 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/832, 1980/728, 1981/598, 1982/607, 1983/655, 1984/581, 1985/688, 1986/809, 1987/861."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 13(5) and section 13(5ZA) of the Social Security Act 1975 (c. 14). Section 13(5) was amended by, and section 13(5ZA) inserted by, the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7), section 9 and Schedule 2, paragraph 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/867/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."
}