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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 18th April 1996

Laid before Parliament 25th April 1996

Coming into force 17th May 1996

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 148(3) and (4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having on a review under the said section 148 concluded, having had regard to earlier orders under that section^f2, that earnings factors^f3 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:

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Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 5.
f2: Section 148(3) and (4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 consolidates section 21(3) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60). The earlier orders are: S.I. 1979/832, 1980/728, 1981/598, 1982/607, 1983/655, 1984/581, 1985/688, 1986/809, 1987/861, 1988/867, 1989/805, 1990/1412, 1991/1108, 1992/1102, 1993/1159, 1994/1105, 1995/1070. See also section 148(7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 which provides that orders under section 21 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 are to be treated as orders under section 148.
f3: See sections 22 and 23 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4).