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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 7th March 2002

Laid before Parliament 13th March 2002

Coming in to force 6th April 2002

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 148(3) and (4) and 189(1), (3), (4) and (5) 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^f2 concluded, having had regard to earlier orders under that section^f3, that earnings factors^f4 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: See section 148(2), as amended by section 37 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19).
f3: Section 148(3) and (4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 consolidated 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, 1996/1133, 1997/1117, 1998/1137, 1999/1235, 2000/1365, 2001/631. 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.
f4: See sections 22 and 23 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4).