{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-debits-and-credits-revaluation-order-2020/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-debits-and-credits-revaluation-order-2020/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/7",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-debits-and-credits-revaluation-order-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 6th January 2020\nLaid before Parliament 7th January 2020\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(2)\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has reviewed the general level of prices in Great Britain in accordance with section 148AD(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.\nThe Secretary of State has had regard to the earlier orders under that section, and it appears to the Secretary of State that relevant debits or credits have not, during the review period, maintained their value in relation to the general level of prices.\nAccordingly the Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 148AD(2) and (3) and 189(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 148AD was inserted by paragraph 8 of Schedule 11 to the Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 148AD(2) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5). Previous orders under that section were S.I. 2017/375, 1152 and 2018/1219."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 189 was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7, and Schedule 8, to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), paragraph 57(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) and S.I. 2013/252. There are other amendments to section 189 but none is relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/7/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:35:02.237655+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}